5.43. nova evacuate


usage: nova evacuate [--password <password>] [--force] <server> [<host>]
Evacuate server from failed host.

Positional arguments

<server>


        Name or ID of server.

<host>


        Name or ID of the target host. If no host is
      specified, the scheduler will choose one.

Optional arguments

--password <password>


        Set the provided admin password on the evacuated
      server. Not applicable if the server is on shared
      storage.

--force


        Force to not verify the scheduler if a host is
      provided. (Supported by API versions '2.29' -
      '2.latest')

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