Instance Statuses

Instance Statuses

The status of a DB instance reflects the health of the instance. You can use the management console to view the status of a DB instance.

Table 1 DB Instance statuses

Status

Description

Available

The instance is available.

Abnormal

The instance is unavailable.

Creating

The instance is being created.

Creation failed

The instance failed to be created.

Rebooting

The instance is being rebooted because of a user request or a modification that requires a reboot for the modification to take effect.

Scaling up

The storage space of the instance is being scaled up.

Adding nodes

The nodes are being added to the instance.

Backing up

The backup is being created.

Restoring

The instance is being restored from a backup.

Restore failed

The instance failed to be restored.

Storage full

The storage space of the instance is full. No more data can be written to the databases on this instance. You need to scale up the storage space to restore the instance to be available.

Deleted

The instance has been deleted. Deleted instances will not be displayed in the instance list.

Upgrading

The engine version is being upgraded.

Parameters change. Pending reboot

A modification to a database parameter is waiting for a DB instance reboot before it can take effect.

Backup Statuses

Table 2 Backup statuses

Status

Description

Completed

The backup was successfully created.

Failed

The backup failed to be created.

Creating

The backup is being created.