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See Manage action plans and triggers v4.0
What happens during scaling?
When an autoscaling event is triggered, Abiquo will search for a scaling rule that is valid for the specific time range, or for a default rule. Abiquo will create or delete/undeploy the number of virtual machines for the scaling operation, then wait for the cooldown period before accepting another scaling request.
Scaling operations are managed by action plans and subject to all standard Abiquo constraints, such as privileges and allocation limits.
Abiquo currently selects the virtual machines to delete or undeploy using first in, first out (FIFO), but in future releases the administrator will have a choice of scale in policy, from last in, first out (LIFO) or FIFO. When scaling out, Abiquo will always create new clones instead of deploying virtual machines that are undeployed, for example, machines that were manually undeployed during maintenance.
What are the constraints on VMs in a scaling group
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You cannot create alarms for cloned virtual machines that are part of a scaling group.
What is maintenance mode
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