- if name in output and output[name] != value:
- raise errors.HypervisorError("Instance %s running duplicate"
- " with different parameters" % name)
+ if name in output:
+ # we only check static parameters, like memory and vcpus,
+ # and not state and time which can change between the
+ # invocations of the different hypervisors
+ for key in 'memory', 'vcpus':
+ if value[key] != output[name][key]:
+ raise errors.HypervisorError("Instance %s is running twice"
+ " with different parameters" % name)