Using the website https://console.developers.google.com, i have tried unsuccessfully to fire up an instance on the google compute engine cloud. It stopped and started just fine months ago, but every attempt since, i have not been able to restart it.
"resource.kernel" is an example of a valid resource field. Seems to be a blank resource name or an array of resources went missing?
operation-1407990294019-5008f49527bb9-04bcda5c-f8616595 Error INVALID_FIELD_VALUE: Invalid value for field 'resource.@': '@'. Resource was not found. Operation type reset Target type Instances
Serial console Hide output Invalid value for field 'resource.projects': 'projects/14008721509110051'. Resource was not found. Equivalent REST
Clicking the red exclamation point (see screenshots below), a popup textbox says:
"The instance has been terminated and is no longer running."
So even though google knows the instance is definitely not started,
the only button available via https://console.developers.google.com is "Reboot".
Screenshot 1 of 2 on exactly how it try to reboot it.
Screenshot 2 of 2 on exactly how it try to reboot it.
As you've pointed out, the presence of the red exclamation mark icon indicates the instance has been terminated. Unfortunately, even though there's a reboot button present for terminated instances, it simply won't work; the backend system that handles the reboot API call requires a running instance rather than a terminated one. In order to get the instance running again, you'll need to delete the instance (but save the disk!), and create a new instance booting from that existing disk. This is effectively the same thing as restarting the machine, but obviously requires a little legwork.
I'll file a feature request to better deal with starting up terminated instances -- what you're doing makes sense, and I'd personally like to see the system support it directly.