[StarCluster] !!! ERROR - placement group does not exist (Butson, Christopher)

[Steve Jaffe]

Chris,

Check the debug log (~/.starcluster/logs/debug.log).
I suspect the requested machine never started -- cc2.8xlarge are in short supply.

Regards,
Steve

>> Fri, 1 Mar 2013 01:31:45 +0000
>> From: "Butson, Christopher" <cbutson at mcw.edu>
>> If I choose the instance "HVM StarCluster ami-4583572c" with cluster size 1 
>> and NODE_INSTANCE_TYPE = cc2.8xlarge then I get the following error message. 
>> Any idea what could be causing this? I don't have this problem if I switch 
>> to the 64 bit AMI with instance type c1.xlarge. Thanks, Chris