As an administrative user, you can update the OpenStack Block Storage service quotas for a project. You can also update the quota defaults for a new project.

Block Storage quotas

Property name	Defines the number of
gigabytes	Volume gigabytes allowed for each tenant.
snapshots	Volume snapshots allowed for each tenant.
volumes	Volumes allowed for each tenant.

Administrative users can view Block Storage service quotas. List the default quotas for all projects: $ cinder quota-defaults TENANT_ID +-----------+-------+ | Property | Value | +-----------+-------+ | gigabytes | 1000 | | snapshots | 10 | | volumes | 10 | +-----------+-------+ View Block Storage service quotas for a project: $ cinder quota-show TENANT_NAME For example: $ cinder quota-show tenant01 +-----------+-------+ | Property | Value | +-----------+-------+ | gigabytes | 1000 | | snapshots | 10 | | volumes | 10 | +-----------+-------+ Show the current usage of a per-tenant quota: $ cinder quota-usage tenantID +-----------+--------+----------+-------+ | Type | In_use | Reserved | Limit | +-----------+--------+----------+-------+ | gigabytes | 0 | 0 | 1000 | | snapshots | 0 | 0 | 10 | | volumes | 0 | 0 | 15 | +-----------+--------+----------+-------+

Administrative users can edit and update Block Storage service quotas. Clear per-tenant quota limits: $ cinder quota-delete tenantID To update a default value for a new project, update the property in the /etc/cinder/cinder.conf file. To update Block Storage service quotas, place the tenant ID in a variable: $ tenant=$(keystone tenant-list | awk '/tenantName/ {print $2}') Update a particular quota value: $ cinder quota-update --quotaName NewValue tenantID For example: $ cinder quota-update --volumes 15 $tenant $ cinder quota-show tenant01 +-----------+-------+ | Property | Value | +-----------+-------+ | gigabytes | 1000 | | snapshots | 10 | | volumes | 15 | +-----------+-------+ Clear per-tenant quota limits: $ cinder quota-delete tenantID