At any point of time, any Hardware Node and Container is characterized by a status (or state).
A Container, in its turn, may have five stable statuses and a number of transitional statuses. If the Container is in one of the stable states, it means that it is likely to continue in this state until its administrator performs a task that would change its status. If the Container is in one of the transitional states, it means that it is currently passing from one stable state to another. During a transition stage, no operation can be performed on the Container until the transition is finished.
Status
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Description
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Possible Actions
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down
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The Container is stopped and its private area is unmounted.
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Starting/  repairing/ reinstalling
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mounted
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The Container private area is initialized and ready to work, but the Container is not running.
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Starting
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running
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The Container private area is mounted and the Container is running.
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Stopping/ restarting/
repairing
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suspended
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The Container is stopped and its private area is unmounted. The difference between the suspended status and the down status is that the current state of a suspended Container is written to the /vz/private/CT_ID/dump/Dump file on the Hardware Node, and can be quickly restored from there.
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Resuming. Restarting, repairing and reinstalling are not recommended because these actions are most likely to alter the saved state of the Container.
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repairing
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The Container is mounted in the repair mode.
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Exiting the repair mode.
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Status
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Description
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creating
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The Container is being created.
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mounting
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The Container is being mounted.
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starting
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The Container is starting.
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stopping
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The Container is stopping.
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restarting
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The Container is being restarted.
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unmounting
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The Container is being unmounted.
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destroying
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The Container is being deleted.
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starting-repair
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The Container is entering the repair mode.
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stopping-repair
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The Container is quitting the repair mode.
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setting
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The Container parameters are being set.
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migrating
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The Container is being migrated.
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moving
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The Container is being moved.
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cloning
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The Container is being cloned.
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updating
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The Container is being updated.
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backing-up
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The Container is being backed up.
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restoring
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The Container is being restored from the backup.
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reinstalling
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The Container is being reinstalled.
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suspending
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The Container is being suspended.
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resuming
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The Container is being resumed from the suspended state.
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