# \[SOLVED\] About running quotas

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** solved\
**Created:** [March 11, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006 "2019-03-11T10:21:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![madko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/madko/32/4195_2.png) [@madko](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/madko)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/1 "2019-03-11T10:21:29Z")

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We are looking into the running quotas, but they seems pretty odd. All my users have negative values for there running quotas. Is that normal ?

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**Versions of the related components and OS (frontend, hypervisors, VMs):**

5.8.0 (problem was already there with 5.6.2)

**Steps to reproduce:**

Have existing VM  
Upgrade to 5.6.2 or any version with running quotas supported.

**Current results:**

Let pick one user. This user has actually 2 RUNNING VM (4GB + 2GB) and 1 UNDEPLOYED VM (1GB). Quotas show:  
RUNNING VM : -1 / -  
RUNNING CPU: -1 / -  
RUNNING MEMORY: -2097152KB / -

**Expected results:**

RUNNING VM : 2 / -  
RUNNING CPU: 2 / -  
RUNNING MEMORY: 6GB / -

Or I’m missing some point ?

Best regards,  
Edouard

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**Author:** ![ahuertas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/ahuertas/32/7487_2.png) [@ahuertas](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/ahuertas)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/2 "2019-03-11T11:44:42Z")

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Hi @madko

The -1 is because that user has not running quotas set up. If you add some quotas to that users, you will see the current number of running vms. Check [this](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.8/operation/users_groups_management/quota_auth.html#setting-user-group-quotas) for more information.

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**Author:** ![madko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/madko/32/4195_2.png) [@madko](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/madko)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/3 "2019-03-11T12:38:56Z")

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Hi Alejandro,

So I’ve set a limit of 2 running VM for this user. This user can start his 3rd VM, he has now warning but the VM stay in PENDING mode. The admin sees RUNNING VM: 0 / 2 is that the correct behavior ?

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**Author:** ![ahuertas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/ahuertas/32/7487_2.png) [@ahuertas](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/ahuertas)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/4 "2019-03-12T14:11:29Z")

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Hi @madko

The user should see this message:

```auto
$ onetemplate instantiate 3 --user user
Password: 
[one.template.instantiate] User [2] : user [2] limit of 1 reached for RUNNING_VMS quota in VM.

```

And the admin should see this in the user quotas:

```auto
      RUNNING VMS RUNNING MEMORY RUNNING CPU
      1 / 1 128M / - 0.10 / -

```

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**Author:** ![madko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/madko/32/4195_2.png) [@madko](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/madko)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/5 "2019-03-12T15:31:46Z")

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So it seems there is a bug indeed. Here is what I’ve got:

 ![vms](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/c/c4f0bf3494505264a7f95f83f58baa44446ef8b3.png)

Quotas:

 ![quotas](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/b/bfe062ac959e899cba665856f0cd47ea67aa8400.png)

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**Author:** ![ahuertas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/ahuertas/32/7487_2.png) [@ahuertas](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/ahuertas)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/6 "2019-03-13T08:09:57Z")

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Hi @madko

Could you please send me the output of `oneuser show <USER_ID> -x` for the user and the admin.

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**Author:** ![madko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/madko/32/4195_2.png) [@madko](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/madko)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/7 "2019-03-13T08:22:29Z")

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Sure. here is the `oneuser show my_user` :

```
<USER>
  <ID>3</ID>
  <GID>101</GID>
  <GROUPS>
    <ID>100</ID>
    <ID>101</ID>
    <ID>106</ID>
    <ID>109</ID>
    <ID>113</ID>
  </GROUPS>
  <GNAME>architecte</GNAME>
  <NAME>my_user</NAME>
  <PASSWORD><![CDATA[xxx]]></PASSWORD>
  <AUTH_DRIVER><![CDATA[core]]></AUTH_DRIVER>
  <ENABLED>1</ENABLED>
  <LOGIN_TOKEN>
    <TOKEN>xxx</TOKEN>
    <EXPIRATION_TIME>1545420903</EXPIRATION_TIME>
    <EGID>-1</EGID>
  </LOGIN_TOKEN>
  <TEMPLATE>
    <EMAIL><![CDATA[xxx]]></EMAIL>
    <FIRSTNAME><![CDATA[xxx]]></FIRSTNAME>
    <LASTNAME><![CDATA[xxx]]></LASTNAME>
    <SSH_PUBLIC_KEY><![CDATA[ssh-rsa xxx]]></SSH_PUBLIC_KEY>
    <SUNSTONE>
      <DEFAULT_VIEW><![CDATA[cloud]]></DEFAULT_VIEW>
      <LANG><![CDATA[en_US]]></LANG>
    </SUNSTONE>
    <TOKEN_PASSWORD><![CDATA[xxx]]></TOKEN_PASSWORD>
  </TEMPLATE>
  <DATASTORE_QUOTA/>
  <NETWORK_QUOTA>
    <NETWORK>
      <ID><![CDATA[1]]></ID>
      <LEASES><![CDATA[-1]]></LEASES>
      <LEASES_USED><![CDATA[1]]></LEASES_USED>
    </NETWORK>
    <NETWORK>
      <ID><![CDATA[444]]></ID>
      <LEASES><![CDATA[-1]]></LEASES>
      <LEASES_USED><![CDATA[2]]></LEASES_USED>
    </NETWORK>
  </NETWORK_QUOTA>
  <VM_QUOTA>
    <VM>
      <CPU><![CDATA[-1]]></CPU>
      <CPU_USED><![CDATA[0.30]]></CPU_USED>
      <MEMORY><![CDATA[49152]]></MEMORY>
      <MEMORY_USED><![CDATA[7168]]></MEMORY_USED>
      <RUNNING_CPU><![CDATA[-1]]></RUNNING_CPU>
      <RUNNING_CPU_USED><![CDATA[-0.90]]></RUNNING_CPU_USED>
      <RUNNING_MEMORY><![CDATA[-2]]></RUNNING_MEMORY>
      <RUNNING_MEMORY_USED><![CDATA[-1024]]></RUNNING_MEMORY_USED>
      <RUNNING_VMS><![CDATA[2]]></RUNNING_VMS>
      <RUNNING_VMS_USED><![CDATA[0]]></RUNNING_VMS_USED>
      <SYSTEM_DISK_SIZE><![CDATA[-1]]></SYSTEM_DISK_SIZE>
      <SYSTEM_DISK_SIZE_USED><![CDATA[115712]]></SYSTEM_DISK_SIZE_USED>
      <VMS><![CDATA[20]]></VMS>
      <VMS_USED><![CDATA[3]]></VMS_USED>
    </VM>
  </VM_QUOTA>
  <IMAGE_QUOTA>
    <IMAGE>
      <ID><![CDATA[16]]></ID>
      <RVMS><![CDATA[-1]]></RVMS>
      <RVMS_USED><![CDATA[1]]></RVMS_USED>
    </IMAGE>
    <IMAGE>
      <ID><![CDATA[124]]></ID>
      <RVMS><![CDATA[-1]]></RVMS>
      <RVMS_USED><![CDATA[1]]></RVMS_USED>
    </IMAGE>
    <IMAGE>
      <ID><![CDATA[407]]></ID>
      <RVMS><![CDATA[-1]]></RVMS>
      <RVMS_USED><![CDATA[1]]></RVMS_USED>
    </IMAGE>
  </IMAGE_QUOTA>
  <DEFAULT_USER_QUOTAS>
    <DATASTORE_QUOTA/>
    <NETWORK_QUOTA/>
    <VM_QUOTA/>
    <IMAGE_QUOTA/>
  </DEFAULT_USER_QUOTAS>
</USER>

```

And the one for the admin :

```
<USER>
  <ID>0</ID>
  <GID>0</GID>
  <GROUPS>
    <ID>0</ID>
  </GROUPS>
  <GNAME>oneadmin</GNAME>
  <NAME>oneadmin</NAME>
  <PASSWORD><![CDATA[xxx]]></PASSWORD>
  <AUTH_DRIVER><![CDATA[core]]></AUTH_DRIVER>
  <ENABLED>1</ENABLED>
  <LOGIN_TOKEN>
    <TOKEN>xxx</TOKEN>
    <EXPIRATION_TIME>1539632119</EXPIRATION_TIME>
    <EGID>0</EGID>
  </LOGIN_TOKEN>
  <TEMPLATE>
    <SSH_PUBLIC_KEY><![CDATA[ssh-rsa xxx]]></SSH_PUBLIC_KEY>
    <SUNSTONE>
      <DEFAULT_VIEW><![CDATA[admin]]></DEFAULT_VIEW>
      <LANG><![CDATA[en_US]]></LANG>
      <TABLE_DEFAULT_PAGE_LENGTH><![CDATA[100]]></TABLE_DEFAULT_PAGE_LENGTH>
    </SUNSTONE>
    <TOKEN_PASSWORD><![CDATA[xxx]]></TOKEN_PASSWORD>
  </TEMPLATE>
  <DATASTORE_QUOTA/>
  <NETWORK_QUOTA/>
  <VM_QUOTA/>
  <IMAGE_QUOTA/>
  <DEFAULT_USER_QUOTAS>
    <DATASTORE_QUOTA/>
    <NETWORK_QUOTA/>
    <VM_QUOTA/>
    <IMAGE_QUOTA/>
  </DEFAULT_USER_QUOTAS>
</USER>

```

It’s like the counter is initialized without taking care of previously deployed VM. So if I stop a running VM, counter starts to go into negative values. If I restart this VM, counter goes up to 0. I don’t remember having a positive value in all my users.

btw onedb fsck doesn’t find anything wrong.

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**Author:** ![ahuertas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/ahuertas/32/7487_2.png) [@ahuertas](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/ahuertas)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/8 "2019-03-13T13:47:29Z")

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I can see that the user has the running vms quota set to 2, but he currently has no running vms because of this `<RUNNING_VMS_USED><![CDATA[0]]></RUNNING_VMS_USED>`. So please could you check that the user has more than 2 vms in RUNNING state?

Also, we can do a simple test:

- Terminate the vms for the user.
- Then instantiate a vm using that user, wait until it’s in RUNNING state, repeat the step one more time.
- Try to instantiate it one more time (this is the third time) what happens? Do you see a message or the vm can be instantiated?

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**Author:** ![madko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/madko/32/4195_2.png) [@madko](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/madko)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/9 "2019-03-13T18:01:17Z")

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My post #5 shows a screenshot of the 2 running VMS + 1 stuck in pending. This is the same user.

I will try to do what you suggest

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**Author:** ![madko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/madko/32/4195_2.png) [@madko](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/madko)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/10 "2019-03-14T14:14:36Z")

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Yes after creating 3 VMs, my running VM quota is at 2/2. So if I try to create one more VM I have indeed this message 🙂

`[one.template.instantiate] User [3] : user [3] limit of 2 reached for RUNNING_VMS quota in VM.`

But how to fix the initial value of this counter ? This user has in fact 5 running VM, not 2.

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**Author:** ![ahuertas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/ahuertas/32/7487_2.png) [@ahuertas](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/ahuertas)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/11 "2019-03-14T14:44:55Z")

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That’s great!

About the counter it should be restarted automatically, so maybe the fsck did something wrong, I will be aware of this, if it’s happen again I will check.

Thanks for your feedback!

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**Author:** ![madko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/madko/32/4195_2.png) [@madko](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/madko)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/12 "2019-03-14T15:39:58Z")

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It’s seems that old users, maybe those created before the Running quotas functionnality, have all this problem. Some of theme are at -30 running VMs. So it can’t be fixed just by terminating/recreating VMs. Do you think that fsck could fix that at some time ?

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**Author:** ![ahuertas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/ahuertas/32/7487_2.png) [@ahuertas](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/ahuertas)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/13 "2019-03-14T15:53:40Z")

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There is a bug in the fsck, the functionality is missing, I will open a ticket on GitHub so we can fix it.

Thanks for your patient and your information!

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**Author:** ![madko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/madko/32/4195_2.png) [@madko](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/madko)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-about-running-quotas/7006/14 "2019-03-14T16:01:11Z")

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Thank you Alejandro, I’ve seen the ticket #3082

Best regards