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Desired State Management Considerations

If your product uses desired state management or your resources are running in AUTOMATED mode, the automation engine acts as follows when the actual state of a resource changes to an actual state that is not the same as its desired state:

• If the actual state changes to ACTIVE or INACTIVE, the automation engine attempts to bring the resource to the desired state.
• If the actual state changes to DEGRADED, the automation engine attempts to bring the base state of the resource to match that of the desired state.
• If the actual state changes to FAILED, the automation engine does not attempt recovery unless recovery actions are specified in the message rule.
• If the actual state changes to STARTING or STOPPING, the automation engine takes no action unless actions are specified in the message rule.
• If the actual state changes to UNKNOWN, the automation engine invokes the specified display processing to attempt to determine the state. However, if the UNKNOWN state is the result of an activation or inactivation time-out, the engine sets the automation status to FAILED.