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Created attachment 1221152 [details]
instance store

For instances provisioned outside of CFME you have to set Lifecycle tags.
Without the tags set we will leave the instances around, all we would do is power it off.

For EBS store instances we can power them off
for instance store instances we cannot power them off, since they only allow for termination.

So once you have a VM provisioned outside of CFME

(1) Select the instance
(2) Click on Policy -> Edit Tags
(3) Category -> LifeCycle Assigned Value -> Fully Retire VM and remove from Provider
(4) Save
(5) Then Retire

I have attached a screenshot

Created attachment 1234085 [details]
set tags

Hello Kyrylo Zvyagintsev,
Does this resolve your issue, if its an instance provisioned outside of CFME it would have to be tagged like mentioned above to finish the retirement.

Thanks,
Madhu

Mike, can you take a look at this one as it relates to retirement and see if you can reproduce it.  Thanks,  reach out to Milan or Madhu if something is too mysterious, namely automate.  :)

Tested in CFME 5.6.4.0 and 5.6.3.3

Instance-store backed instances are only powered down (terminated) on EC2 if the appropriate lifecycle tag is assigned. Without this tag the instance is retired in CFME and is left running on the provider.

The retirement process proceeds correctly for both ebs and instance-store type instances, depending on the tags set.