[Labs-l] Instance scheduler modified, could cause instance creation to fail

[Platonides]

On 23/02/12 01:44, Ryan Lane wrote:
> I've switched from using the chance scheduler to the simple scheduler
> for nova (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#change,2731). This means
> that when instances are created, the compute node with the least
> number of instances running will be chosen, rather than before where
> any random compute node was chosen.
> 
> The new scheduler has some options which limit which nodes are chosen,
> though, and the defaults may be set a little low. If you create an
> instance and it stays in the scheduling or pending mode forever (or it
> eventually fails), let me know and I'll tweak the configuration
> options.
> 
> - Ryan

How would we know if it is pending?