Comment 6 for bug 1053754

You are correct, however using `nova boot --hint force_hosts=...` somehow worked a couple months ago-- not sure what changed. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1061665 . A similar patch was suggested there but Vish closed wontfix, saying: "force_hosts is not a hint meant to be exposed to a user. if you want to force a host as an admin you can use the availability zone syntax". I haven't tested if that works in stable/Essex. It's now marked as a doc bug as the docs still advise using --hint force_hosts.