unable to increase implicit quota size

Mohisina01 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:53:19 GMT

This is a need to increase the quota size for a user.

However under user defined quota , couldn't see that one, but under quota report can view it

White trying to edit the hard limit , getting this error

"Selected quota is an implicit quota and is not user defined, but a new quota can be created for this entry"

Can we go ahead a create a new quota for the user, will it override the existing data?

Re: unable to increase implicit quota size

Ontapforrum — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:55:29 GMT

Yes, you can.

Explicit user quota overriding a default user quota:

To provide more space in volume vol1 to the user user1, then you run the following command (example):
::>volume quota policy rule create -vserver vs1 -policy-name quota_policy_vs1_1 -volume vol1 -type user -target user1 -disk-limit 80MB -qtree ""

Please check this kb:
https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Software/ONTAP_OS/How_to_create_and_apply_quota_policies_in_ONTAP

Related:
Following kb suggests that - Explicity quota will override a default quota for a specific target.

Explicit --- You can use explicit quotas to specify a quota for a specific quota target or to override a default quota for a specific target.
https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Software/ONTAP_OS_7_Mode/Quotas

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