Manage Block Storage service quotas 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.
View and update Block Storage service quotas As an administrative user, you can view and update Block Storage service quotas. List the default quotas for all projects, as follows: $ cinder quota-defaults +-----------+-------+ | Property | Value | +-----------+-------+ | gigabytes | 1000 | | snapshots | 10 | | volumes | 10 | +-----------+-------+ To update a default value for a new project, update the property in the /etc/cinder/cinder.conf file. View Block Storage service quotas for a project, as follows: $ cinder quota-show TENANT_NAME For example: $ cinder quota-show tenant01 +-----------+-------+ | Property | Value | +-----------+-------+ | gigabytes | 1000 | | snapshots | 10 | | volumes | 10 | +-----------+-------+ To update Block Storage service quotas, place the tenant ID in a usable variable, as follows: $ tenant=$(keystone tenant-list | awk '/tenantName/ {print $2}') Update a particular quota value, as follows: $ 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 | +-----------+-------+ To clear per-tenant quota limits, use the quota-delete command: $ cinder quota-delete tenantID