Instance Statuses

The status of an instance indicates the health of the instance. You can view the status of an instance on the console.

**Table 1** Instance statuses
Status	Description
Available	The DB instance is available.
Abnormal	The instance is abnormal.
Creating	The instance is being created.
Creation failed	DB instance creation fails.
Restarting	The instance is being restarted.
Resetting password	The administrator password is being reset.
Adding node	Nodes are being added to an instance.
Deleting node	Nodes are being deleted from an instance.
Scaling storage space	The storage space of an instance is being scaled up.
Changing specifications	The vCPUs and memory of an instance are being changed.
Uploading backup	The backup file is being uploaded.
Backing up	A database backup is being created.
Checking restoration	The backup of the instance is being restored to a new instance.
Changing to yearly/monthly	The billing mode is being changed from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly.
Changing to pay-per-use	The billing mode is being changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.
Creating a DR cluster	A DR instance is being created.
Canceling DR relationship	A DR instance is being deleted.
Frozen	The instance is frozen because your balance drops to or below zero.
Unfreezing	Overdue payments are cleared, and the DB instance is being unfrozen.
Checking changes	The yearly/monthly instance is pending check when its billing mode is changed.