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Add maintenance mode example with reason

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This adds an example of using --reason when setting maintenance mode.

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Chris Krelle 2015-04-27 10:41:59 -07:00
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@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ hardware.
if both the ``power`` and ``deploy`` interfaces pass the ``validate`` check.
If you wish to exclude a Node from Nova's scheduler, for instance so that
you can perform maintenance on it, you can set the Node to "maintenance" mode.
For more information see the `Troubleshooting`_ section below.
For more information see the `Maintenance Mode`_ section below.
Some steps are shown separately for illustration purposes, and may be combined
if desired.
@ -1659,9 +1659,42 @@ Here is an example set of commands to compare the resources in Nova and Ironic::
| vcpus_used | 0 |
+-------------------------+--------------------------------------+
If you need to take a Node out of the resource pool and prevent Nova from
placing a tenant instance upon it, you can mark the Node as in “maintenance”
mode with the following command. This also prevents Ironic from executing
periodic tasks which might affect the node, until maintenance mode is disabled::
Maintenance Mode
----------------
Maintenance mode may be used if you need to take a Node out of the resource
pool. Putting a Node in maintenance mode will prevent Ironic from executing periodic
tasks associated with the Node. This will also prevent Nova from placing a tenant
instance on the Node by not exposing the Node to the Nova scheduler. Nodes can
be placed into maintenance mode with the following command.
::
$ ironic node-set-maintenance $NODE_UUID on
As of the Kilo release a maintenance reason may be included with the optional
``--reason`` command line option. This is a free form text field that will be
displayed in the ``maintenance_reason`` section of the ``node-show`` command.
::
$ ironic node-set-maintenance $UUID on --reason "Need to add ram."
$ ironic node-show $UUID
+------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| target_power_state | None |
| extra | {} |
| last_error | None |
| updated_at | 2015-04-27T15:43:58+00:00 |
| maintenance_reason | Need to add ram. |
| ... | ... |
| maintenance | True |
| ... | ... |
+------------------------+--------------------------------------+
To remove maintenance mode and clear any ``maintenance_reason`` use the
following command.
::
$ ironic node-set-maintenance $NODE_UUID off