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	The instance is available.
Abnormal	The instance is abnormal.
Creating	The instance is being created.
Creation failed	The instance failed to be created.
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 up	The storage space of an instance is being scaled up.
Changing instance class	The vCPUs and memory of an instance are being changed.
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.
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.
Configuring SSL	SSL is being enabled or disabled.
Frozen	An instance is frozen when the account balance is less than or equal to $0 USD.
Unfreezing	The instance is being unfrozen after the overdue payments are cleared.
Checking changes	A yearly/monthly instance maintains this status during the change process.