This is by design, in general nova tracks the amount of resources allocated out not the amount being used. This is in part to make scheduling more repeatable. Further more simple-tenant-usage is very much a proof of concept and not something to really be used for anything real.
What would you like to use the actual usage information for? If I remember correctly there are plans in progress to support the model where nova tracks actual usage and uses it for scheduling (as an optional mode). Overall this is more of a feature and not a bug per se. ** Changed in: nova Status: New => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324755 Title: disk consumption report incorrect in host-describe and simple-tenant- usage Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova): Opinion Bug description: simple-tenant-usage and host use resource['disk_gb'] += (instance['root_gb'] + instance['ephemeral_gb']) to report disk size, however, the eph is maximum value can be allocated to an instance , not its current usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1324755/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp