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** Instance statuses
Status	Description
Available	The DB instance is available.
Abnormal	The DB instance is unavailable.
Creating	The DB instance is being created.
Creation failed	The DB instance failed to be created.
Rebooting	The DB instance is being rebooted.
Starting	The DB instance is being started.
Starting node	The DB instance node is being started.
Stopping	The DB instance is being stopped.
Stopping node	The DB instance node is being stopped.
Stopped	The DB instance or node is stopped.
Scaling up	The storage space of the DB instance is being scaled up.
Adding nodes	Nodes are being added to the DB instance.
Backing up	A 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.
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.