diff --git a/osm_lcm/tests/test_ns.py b/osm_lcm/tests/test_ns.py
index fe2b652..63bfa35 100644
--- a/osm_lcm/tests/test_ns.py
+++ b/osm_lcm/tests/test_ns.py
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@
 
         if not getenv("OSMLCMTEST_DB_NOMOCK"):
             self.assertTrue(self.db.set_one.called, "db.set_one not called")
+            db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})
+            db_vnfrs_list = self.db.get_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id})
+            self.assertEqual(db_nsr["_admin"].get("nsState"), "INSTANTIATED", "Not instantiated")
+            for vnfr in db_vnfrs_list:
+                self.assertEqual(vnfr["_admin"].get("nsState"), "INSTANTIATED", "Not instantiated")
+
         if not getenv("OSMLCMTEST_VCA_NOMOCK"):
             # check intial-primitives called
             self.assertTrue(self.my_ns.n2vc.exec_primitive.called,
@@ -266,6 +272,7 @@
             for _call in self.my_ns.n2vc.exec_primitive.call_args_list:
                 self.assertIn(_call[1]["primitive_name"], ("config", "touch"),
                               "called exec primitive with a primitive different than config or touch")
+
         # TODO add more checks of called methods
         # TODO add a terminate
 
@@ -607,6 +614,9 @@
         self.assertEqual(db_nsr.get("currentOperationID"), None, "currentOperationID different than None")
         self.assertEqual(db_nsr.get("errorDescription "), None, "errorDescription different than None")
         self.assertEqual(db_nsr.get("errorDetail"), None, "errorDetail different than None")
+        db_vnfrs_list = self.db.get_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id})
+        for vnfr in db_vnfrs_list:
+            self.assertEqual(vnfr["_admin"].get("nsState"), "NOT_INSTANTIATED", "Not instantiated")
 
     @asynctest.fail_on(active_handles=True)   # all async tasks must be completed
     async def test_terminate_primitive(self):