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User quota rule problem

Limor — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:23:49 GMT

I have a cifs vserver acting as a file server in an active directory domain. I set up a volume, a qtree and a share and created a policy rule for a user quota on that qtree.

I used the command: 'volume quota policy rule create ...-volume <my volume> -type user -target "" -qtree <my qtree>'

When I run 'volume quota policy rule show' on that volume, I do see a user quota on that qtree.

When I run 'volume quota show ...-volume <my volume>' I receive the error 'skipping new definition for * (type:user target:* qtree:<my qtree> volume:<my volume>). Volume <my volume> has no valid quota rules in quota policy default'

And when I check with an AD user that has his homedir on the share that is configured on that qtree, there's no size limit for the homedir.

Can't figure out what I missed.

Re: User quota rule problem

DarrenJ — Tue, 25 May 2021 07:20:56 GMT

Might be good to try and toggle on and off the quotas for the volume as sometimes they won't take effect and initialize properly until then, see below.

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.dot-cm-vsmg/GUID-FB181B0A-6917-4FDB-9D8E-9A9A72D59706.html

Re: User quota rule problem

Limor — Tue, 25 May 2021 07:51:30 GMT

Thanks you so much. It worked.

I did turn it on initially, but only after toggling it off-on, it kicked-in.