DB Instance Statuses

The status of a DB instance indicates the health of the instance. You can view the DB instance statuses on the management console.

**Table 1** DB instance statuses
Status	Description
Available	DB instance is available.
Abnormal	DB instance is faulty.
Creating	DB instance is being created.
Creation failed	DB instance creation fails.
Restarting	DB instance is being restarted.
Resetting password	Administrator password is being reset.
Scaling up	The storage space of the DB instance is being expanded.
Changing instance class	The CPU or memory of a DB instance is being changed.
Uploading backup	The backup file is being uploaded.
Backing up	Backup is being created.
Checking restoration	The backup of the current DB instance is being restored to a new DB instance.
Configuring SSL	SSL is being enabled or disabled.
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.
Frozen	The instance is frozen because your balance drops to or below zero.
Unfreezing	DB instance is unfrozen after the overdue payments are cleared.
Checking changes	The yearly/monthly instance is pending check when its billing mode is changed.