@Override
  public RequestStatus updateResources(Request request, Predicate predicate) throws SystemException,
      UnsupportedPropertyException, NoSuchResourceException, NoSuchParentResourceException {
    IvoryService service = getService();

    Iterator<Map<String,Object>> iterator = request.getProperties().iterator();
    if (iterator.hasNext()) {

      Map<String, Object> propertyMap = iterator.next();

      String desiredStatus = (String) propertyMap.get(INSTANCE_STATUS_PROPERTY_ID);

      if (desiredStatus != null) {
        // get all the instances that pass the predicate check
        Set<Resource> resources = getResources(PropertyHelper.getReadRequest(), predicate);

        // update all the matching instances with the property values from the request
        for (Resource resource : resources) {
          String status   = (String) resource.getPropertyValue(INSTANCE_STATUS_PROPERTY_ID);
          String feedName = (String) resource.getPropertyValue(INSTANCE_FEED_NAME_PROPERTY_ID);
          String id       = (String) resource.getPropertyValue(INSTANCE_ID_PROPERTY_ID);

          if (desiredStatus.equals("SUSPENDED")) {
            service.suspendInstance(feedName, id);
          } else if (status.equals("SUSPENDED") && desiredStatus.equals("RUNNING")) {
            service.resumeInstance(feedName, id);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return new RequestStatusImpl(null);
  }
Construct a provider.

@param ivoryService    the ivory service
ambari-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ambari/server/controller/internal/InstanceResourceProvider.java