Volume State

Volume state is a property of Private Cloud Director block storage service volumes that describes the current state that the volume is in. The status value is displayed in Private Cloud Director UI in the volumes grid view, and can be queried using pcdctl CLI.

The list below describes possible values for volume state and their meaning.

• creating - The volume is being created

• reserved - The volume is currently being held for attachment to a VM and is temporarily unavailable for other operations. A volume enters this state temporarily when being prepared for attachment to a VM.

• attaching - The volume is being attached to an VM.

• detaching - The volume is being detached from a VM.

• in-use - The volume is attached to a VM.

• maintenance - The volume is locked and being migrated.

• deleting - The volume is being deleted.

• awaiting-transfer - The volume is awaiting transfer to another tenant. A volume enters this state when it's being transferred from one tenant to another.

• error - A volume creation error occurred.

• error_deleting - A volume deletion error occurred.

• retyping - The volume is changing type to another volume type. Read more about volume retying here

• extending - The volume is being extended.

• error_extending - An error occurred while attempting to extend the volume.

• downloading - The volume is downloading an image.

• uploading - The volume is being uploaded to an image.

• backing-up - The volume is being backed up.

• restoring-backup - A backup is being restored to the volume.

• error_backing-up - A backup error occurred.

• error_restoring - A backup restoration error occurred.