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** DB Instance statuses
Status	Description
Available	The instance is available.
Abnormal	The instance is unavailable.
Creating	The instance is being created.
Creation failed	The 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 instance is being scaled up.
Adding nodes	The nodes are being added to the instance.
Backing up	The backup is being created.
Restoring	The instance is being restored from a backup.
Restore failed	The instance failed to be restored.
Frozen	The instance is frozen because of an unpaid account balance. Frozen instances are unfrozen only after your account is recharged and the overdue payments are cleared.
Storage full	The storage space of the instance is full. No more data can be written to the databases on this instance. You need to scale up the storage space to restore the instance to be available.
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.
Changing replicas	The number of replicas for the DB instance is being reduced.