Managing file system quotas

Procedure

1. Navigate to Home Storage Management Quotas by File System to display the Quotas by File System page.

   

   The following table describes the fields on this page:

   Field/Item	Description
   EVS/File System Label	The name of the selected EVS and file system.
   change	Selects a different file system to display a different set of quotas.
   Filter	Displays quotas based on specific users or groups.
   User/Group Account	A quota name can consist of: A CIFS domain and user or group name, such as bb\Smith or bb\my_group (where bb is a domain, Smith is a user and my_group is a group). An NFS user or group such as johns or finance (where johns is an NFS user and finance is an NFS group). A name may be ‘0’ (if the quota was created for the owner of the directory at the root of the virtual volume).
   File System	The file system on which the quota applies.
   Quota Type	Type of file system activity. Possible values are User or Group.
   Created By	Lists the method of quota creation: Automatically Created: A quota created using a quota default. User Defined: A uniquely defined quota.
   Usage Limit	Overall limit set for the total size of all files in the file system owned by the target of the quota.
   File Count Limit	Overall limit set for the total number of files in the file system owned by the target of the quota.
   details	Displays the File System Quotas Details page for the selected file system.
   add	Advances to the Add File System Quota page.
   delete	Deletes a particular quota.
   Delete All Quotas	Deletes all of the current quotas. This option is only visible if more than one quota is configured.
   Refresh cache	Clears the NAS Manager cache and repopulates it with relevant objects. This is different from clicking the browser refresh button, which picks up any recent updates without clearing the cache.
   User Defaults	Use to set, edit, or reset the user defaults.
   Group Defaults	Use to set, edit, or reset the group defaults.
   Modify Email Contacts	Use to add or delete email contacts who are notified when the file system exceeds its size threshold.
   Download Quotas	Use to download the quotas (not file system quotas) for this virtual volume to a .csv file.

Parent Topic

• Managing file system quotas

  You can use a quota to allocate a maximum amount of disk space a user or group may use. It can be flexible in its adherence to the rules assigned and is applied per file system.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Home Storage Management Quotas by File System to display the Quotas by File System page.

2. In the Quotas by File System page, click User Defaults or Group Defaults. User Defaults creates a user quota for the user; a Group quota creates a group quota for the user's domain.

   

   The following table describes the fields on this page:

   Field/Item	Description
   EVS/File System	The EVS and file system on which the user file system quota applies.
   Virtual Volume name	The name given to the virtual volume on creation.
   Created By	Describes how the quota was created. The options are: User Defined - created by a user through the NAS Manager or CLI. System Defined - when an NFS or SMB client creates a file in the file system within the path of a virtual volume, and the user- or group-defaults for quotas in that virtual volume are set, a quota is created using the values in the defaults.
   User/Group Account	A user or group has an SMB or NFS account. When using NFS, the ID number appears in this field. When using SMB, the AD account name appears in this field.
   Quota Type	The type of quota. The options are: Virtual Volume - this quota type limits usage over the whole virtual volume, regardless of who is creating the files. User - this quota type limits the space usable in the virtual volume (or the number of files that can be created) by a single user. Group - this quota type limits the space usable in the virtual volume (or the number of files that can be created) by a whole group.
   Automatically create quotas for Domain Users	NoteThis option only displays on the group file system quota page. This option allows the creation of default quotas for the group Domain Users. By default every NT user belongs to the group Domain Users. Enabling this option effectively includes every NT user in the quota, (unless each user's primary group has been explicitly set).
   Usage
   Used	The amount of used space in the virtual volume that is being tracked by this quota.
   Limit	Amount of space to enable in Bytes: KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB, or EiB.
   Hard Limit	When enabled, the amount of space specified in the Limit field cannot be exceeded.
   Warning	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Warning alert is sent.
   Severe	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Severe alert is sent.
   File Count
   Count	The number of files in the virtual volume that are being tracked by this quota.
   Limit	Maximum number of files to enable for this quota.
   Hard Limit	When enabled, the number of files specified in the Limit field cannot be exceeded.
   Warning	The percentage of the number of files specified in the Limit field at which a Warning alert is sent.
   Severe	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Severe alert is sent.
   Log Quota Events in the managed server's Event log	Selecting this check box sets the default for all users or groups to have quota events logged in the server’s event log.

3. For group file system quota defaults, select the Automatically create quotas for Domain Users check box to allow the creation of default quotas for the group domain users.

4. Under the Usage and File Count sections, enter the values as appropriate:

   1. In the Limit field, enter the limit. Additionally, under Usage, select KiB, MiB, GiB, or TiB from the list.

   2. Select the Hard Limit check box if the space specified in the Limit field cannot be exceeded.

   3. In the Warning field , enter the warning.

   4. In the Severe field, enter the value.

   5. Select the Log Quota Events in the managed server's Event Log check box to set the default for all users or groups to have quota events logged in the server's event log.

5. Click OK.

Parent Topic

• Managing file system quotas

  You can use a quota to allocate a maximum amount of disk space a user or group may use. It can be flexible in its adherence to the rules assigned and is applied per file system.

Describes how to allocate storage usage and file count by client.

1. Navigate to Home Storage Management Quotas by File System to display the Quotas by File System page.

2. Click add in the Add File System Quota page.

   

   The following table describes the fields on this page:

   Field/Item	Description
   EVS/File System	The EVS and file system on which the user file system quota applies.
   Virtual volume name	The name of the virtual volume.
   Quota Type	The Quota Types are: User - the user account name or ID. This quota type limits the space usable in the virtual volume, or the number of files that can be created, by a single user. Group - the group account name or ID. This quota type limits the space usable in the virtual volume, or the number of files that can be created, by a whole group. Virtual Volume - this quota type limits usage over the whole virtual volume, regardless of who is creating the files.
   Usage
   Limit	Amount of space to enable in Bytes: KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB, or EiB.
   Hard Limit	When enabled, the amount of space specified in the Limit field cannot be exceeded.
   Warning	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Warning alert will be sent.
   Severe	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Severe alert will be sent.
   File Count
   Limit	Maximum number of files to enable for this quota.
   Hard Limit	When enabled, the number of files specified in the Limit field cannot be exceeded.
   Warning	The percentage of the number of files specified in the Limit field at which a Warning alert will be sent.
   Severe	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Severe alert will be sent.
   Log Quota Events in the managed server's Event log	Selecting this check box sets the default for all users or groups to have quota events logged in the server's event log.

3. Click User to add a user account, or Group to add a group account.

4. Under the Usage and File Count sections, enter the values as appropriate:

   1. In the Limit field, enter the limit. Additionally, under Usage, select KiB, MiB, GiB, or TiB from the list.

   2. Select the Hard Limit check box if the space specified in the Limit field cannot be exceeded.

   3. In the Warning field , enter the warning.

   4. In the Severe field, enter the value.

   5. Select the Log Quota Events in the managed server's Event Log check box to set the default for all users or groups to have quota events logged in the server's event log.

5. Click OK.

Parent Topic

• Managing file system quotas

  You can use a quota to allocate a maximum amount of disk space a user or group may use. It can be flexible in its adherence to the rules assigned and is applied per file system.

1. Navigate to Home Storage Management Quotas by File System to display the Quotas by File System page.

2. Fill in the check box next to the quota, and click details.

   The following table describes the fields on this page:

   Field/Item	Description
   EVS/File System	The EVS and file system on which the user file system quota applies.
   Virtual volume name	The name of the virtual volume.
   Quota Type	The Quota Types are: User - the user account name or ID. This quota type limits the space usable in the virtual volume, or the number of files that can be created, by a single user. Group - the group account name or ID. This quota type limits the space usable in the virtual volume, or the number of files that can be created, by a whole group. Virtual Volume - this quota type limits usage over the whole virtual volume, regardless of who is creating the files.
   Usage
   Limit	Amount of space to enable in Bytes: KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB, or EiB.
   Hard Limit	When enabled, the amount of space specified in the Limit field cannot be exceeded.
   Warning	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Warning alert will be sent.
   Severe	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Severe alert will be sent.
   File Count
   Limit	Maximum number of files to enable for this quota.
   Hard Limit	When enabled, the number of files specified in the Limit field cannot be exceeded.
   Warning	The percentage of the number of files specified in the Limit field at which a Warning alert will be sent.
   Severe	Percentage of the amount of space specified in the Limit field at which a Severe alert will be sent.
   Log Quota Events in the managed server's Event log	Selecting this check box sets the default for all users or groups to have quota events logged in the server's event log.

3. Make any necessary changes, and click OK.

Parent Topic

• Managing file system quotas

  You can use a quota to allocate a maximum amount of disk space a user or group may use. It can be flexible in its adherence to the rules assigned and is applied per file system.

1. Navigate to Home Storage Management Quotas by File System to display the Quotas by File System page.

2. Fill in the check box next to one or more quotas and then click delete.

Parent Topic

• Managing file system quotas

  You can use a quota to allocate a maximum amount of disk space a user or group may use. It can be flexible in its adherence to the rules assigned and is applied per file system.