diff --git a/circle/vm/migrations/0016_del_field_instance_state.py b/circle/vm/migrations/0016_del_field_instance_state.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting field 'Instance.state'
+        db.delete_column(u'vm_instance', 'state')
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding field 'Instance.state'
+        db.add_column(u'vm_instance', 'state',
+                      self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='NOSTATE', null=True, max_length=50, blank=True),
+                      keep_default=False)
+
+    models = {
+        u'acl.level': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Level'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'}),
+            'weight': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'acl.objectlevel': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'object_id', 'level'),)", 'object_name': 'ObjectLevel'},
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'level': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['acl.Level']"}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'users': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'})
+        },
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'firewall.domain': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Domain'},
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'ttl': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '600'})
+        },
+        u'firewall.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'firewall.host': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('hostname', 'vlan'),)", 'object_name': 'Host'},
+            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['firewall.Group']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'hostname': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ipv4': ('firewall.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'ipv6': ('firewall.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'location': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'mac': ('firewall.fields.MACAddressField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '17'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'pub_ipv4': ('firewall.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reverse': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'shared_ip': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'vlan': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['firewall.Vlan']"})
+        },
+        u'firewall.vlan': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Vlan'},
+            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'dhcp_pool': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'domain': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['firewall.Domain']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ipv6_template': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "'2001:738:2001:4031:%(b)d:%(c)d:%(d)d:0'"}),
+            'managed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'network4': ('firewall.fields.IPNetworkField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'network6': ('firewall.fields.IPNetworkField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'network_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20'}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reverse_domain': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "'%(d)d.%(c)d.%(b)d.%(a)d.in-addr.arpa'"}),
+            'snat_ip': ('django.db.models.fields.GenericIPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '39', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'snat_to': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['firewall.Vlan']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'vid': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'unique': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'storage.datastore': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['name']", 'object_name': 'DataStore'},
+            'hostname': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '40'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '200'})
+        },
+        u'storage.disk': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['name']", 'object_name': 'Disk'},
+            'base': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'derivatives'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['storage.Disk']"}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'datastore': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['storage.DataStore']"}),
+            'destroyed': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'dev_num': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'a'", 'max_length': '1'}),
+            'filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '256'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'ready': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'size': ('sizefield.models.FileSizeField', [], {}),
+            'type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'})
+        },
+        u'taggit.tag': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Tag'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'slug': ('django.db.models.fields.SlugField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'taggit.taggeditem': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'TaggedItem'},
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'taggit_taggeditem_tagged_items'", 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'tag': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'taggit_taggeditem_items'", 'to': u"orm['taggit.Tag']"})
+        },
+        u'vm.instance': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "[u'pk']", 'object_name': 'Instance'},
+            'access_method': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'active_since': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'arch': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'boot_menu': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'destroyed': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'disks': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "u'instance_set'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['storage.Disk']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'lease': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Lease']"}),
+            'max_ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'node': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'instance_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['vm.Node']"}),
+            'num_cores': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'pw': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20'}),
+            'ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'raw_data': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'req_traits': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Trait']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'template': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'instance_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['vm.InstanceTemplate']"}),
+            'time_of_delete': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'time_of_suspend': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'vnc_port': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': 'None', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.instanceactivity': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "[u'-finished', u'-started', u'instance', u'-id']", 'object_name': 'InstanceActivity'},
+            'activity_code': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'finished': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'instance': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'activity_log'", 'to': u"orm['vm.Instance']"}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['vm.InstanceActivity']"}),
+            'result': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'resultant_state': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'started': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'succeeded': ('django.db.models.fields.NullBooleanField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'task_uuid': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.instancetemplate': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "[u'name']", 'object_name': 'InstanceTemplate'},
+            'access_method': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'arch': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'boot_menu': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'disks': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "u'template_set'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['storage.Disk']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'lease': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Lease']"}),
+            'max_ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'num_cores': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.InstanceTemplate']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'raw_data': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'req_traits': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Trait']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'state': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "u'NEW'", 'max_length': '10'}),
+            'system': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.interface': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Interface'},
+            'host': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['firewall.Host']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'instance': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'interface_set'", 'to': u"orm['vm.Instance']"}),
+            'vlan': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'vm_interface'", 'to': u"orm['firewall.Vlan']"})
+        },
+        u'vm.interfacetemplate': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'InterfaceTemplate'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'managed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'template': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'interface_set'", 'to': u"orm['vm.InstanceTemplate']"}),
+            'vlan': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['firewall.Vlan']"})
+        },
+        u'vm.lease': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "[u'name']", 'object_name': 'Lease'},
+            'delete_interval_seconds': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'suspend_interval_seconds': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.namedbaseresourceconfig': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'NamedBaseResourceConfig'},
+            'arch': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'max_ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '50'}),
+            'num_cores': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {})
+        },
+        u'vm.node': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Node'},
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'host': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['firewall.Host']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '50'}),
+            'overcommit': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'default': '1.0'}),
+            'priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'traits': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Trait']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.nodeactivity': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'NodeActivity'},
+            'activity_code': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'finished': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'node': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'activity_log'", 'to': u"orm['vm.Node']"}),
+            'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['vm.NodeActivity']"}),
+            'result': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'started': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'succeeded': ('django.db.models.fields.NullBooleanField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'task_uuid': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.trait': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Trait'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['vm']
diff --git a/circle/vm/models/instance.py b/circle/vm/models/instance.py
index f237948..5ace232 100644
--- a/circle/vm/models/instance.py
+++ b/circle/vm/models/instance.py
@@ -166,14 +166,6 @@ class Instance(AclBase, VirtualMachineDescModel, TimeStampedModel):
       * base resource configuration values
       * owner and privilege information
     """
-    STATES = [('NOSTATE', _('nostate')),
-              ('RUNNING', _('running')),
-              ('BLOCKED', _('blocked')),
-              ('PAUSED', _('paused')),
-              ('SHUTDOWN', _('shutdown')),
-              ('SHUTOFF', _('shutoff')),
-              ('CRASHED', _('crashed')),
-              ('PMSUSPENDED', _('pmsuspended'))]  # libvirt domain states
     ACL_LEVELS = (
         ('user', _('user')),          # see all details
         ('operator', _('operator')),  # console, networking, change state
@@ -204,7 +196,6 @@ class Instance(AclBase, VirtualMachineDescModel, TimeStampedModel):
                       related_name='instance_set',
                       help_text=_("Current hypervisor of this instance."),
                       verbose_name=_('host node'))
-    state = CharField(choices=STATES, default='NOSTATE', max_length=20)
     disks = ManyToManyField(Disk, related_name='instance_set',
                             help_text=_("Set of mounted disks."),
                             verbose_name=_('disks'))
@@ -258,6 +249,19 @@ class Instance(AclBase, VirtualMachineDescModel, TimeStampedModel):
         parts = [self.name, "(" + str(self.id) + ")"]
         return " ".join([s for s in parts if s != ""])
 
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        """State of the virtual machine instance.
+        """
+        if self.activity_log.filter(activity_code__endswith='migrate',
+                                    finished__isnull=True).exists():
+            return 'MIGRATING'
+
+        act = next(self.activity_log.filter(finished__isnull=False,
+                                            resultant_state__isnull=False)
+                   .order_by('-finished')[:1], None)
+        return 'NOSTATE' if act is None else act.resultant_state
+
     def clean(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.time_of_delete is None:
             self.renew(which='delete')
@@ -914,6 +918,4 @@ class Instance(AclBase, VirtualMachineDescModel, TimeStampedModel):
             logger.info('Instance %s state change ignored: %s',
                         unicode(self), unicode(e))
         else:
-            self.state = new_state
-            self.save()
             post_state_changed.send(sender=self, new_state=new_state)