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8 Replies Last post: Oct 8, 2009 7:03 AM by Todor Todorov  

StateProvision • Waiting for Creation posted: Jan 14, 2009 11:00 AM

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cpfcg
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Sep 24, 2005
Anyone ever have to wait for provisiong to start?
Tags: lcm_standard

Re: StateProvision • Waiting for Creation

1. Jan 15, 2009 11:41 AM in response to: cpfcg
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jswager1
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Nov 26, 2008
Just today, I had a couple requests that got stuck in Waiting for Creation. They're still stuck there. I moved one the Waiting Placement state, re-placed it, but it still got stuck at Waiting for Creation.

Re: StateProvision • Waiting for Creation

2. Jan 27, 2009 8:42 AM in response to: jswager1
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jswager1
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Nov 26, 2008
Rather embarrasing. Found the the problem. The requester had specified a start date in the future. The LCM hadn't created the session yet because it wasn't yet that date.

Re: StateProvision • Waiting for Creation

3. Oct 8, 2009 6:47 AM in response to: cpfcg
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EAzy ENno
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Jan 8, 2007

Hi guys,

got a similar problem (nearly). The customer created the provisioning date in the future, but I played around with the "Change State" option of the machine and now it won't roll out. Am I able to force the rollout of the machine?

Thanks and regards

EAzy

Re: StateProvision • Waiting for Creation

4. Oct 8, 2009 6:54 AM in response to: EAzy ENno
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Todor Todorov
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Nov 19, 2007
Hi EAzy,

First of all the Change State option is only for debugging purposes and should not be used widely.
On the other problem, currently there's an issue in LCM causing a delay of one day before the provisioning/decommissioning occurs.
For example, if the provisioning date is set to 8 Oct then the actual provisioning will happen at 00:00 on 9 Oct - i.e. one day later than expected.
Can you check if this is the case? If not, can you tell us what steps/changes did you perform before encountering the issue?

Regards,
Todor

Re: StateProvision • Waiting for Creation

5. Oct 8, 2009 6:56 AM in response to: EAzy ENno
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Burke-
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Oct 23, 2007

You should go back in as an administrator and adjust the state to:

Provision - Provision Approval - Waiting For Approval

Once you've done that, go to the approvals tab and approve the request, and if needed then go to the placement tab and perform Setup.

Re: StateProvision • Waiting for Creation

6. Oct 8, 2009 7:00 AM in response to: Todor Todorov
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EAzy ENno
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Jan 8, 2007

Hi Todor,

yes, that could be the problem. The provisioning date is set to the 8th of Oct. I will wait until tomorrow morning. Maybe that might help. Hopefully I haven't crashed anything while playin' around with the states...

Thanks in advance and I will get back to you tomorrow...

EAzy

Re: StateProvision • Waiting for Creation

7. Oct 8, 2009 7:02 AM in response to: Burke-
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EAzy ENno
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Jan 8, 2007

Hi Burke,

I will do that. First I will wait till tomorrow (see my last posting). Hope the time will help me this time... ;)

Thanks for the fast reply

EAzy

Re: StateProvision • Waiting for Creation

8. Oct 8, 2009 7:03 AM in response to: EAzy ENno
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Todor Todorov
36 posts since
Nov 19, 2007
Hi again,

This problem was documented in the Release notes recently. Basically the workaround is to specify the provisioning/decommissioning date with one day earlier than the desired one.

Regards,
Todor

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