topic Re: set-ncquota -target in Microsoft Virtualization Discussions

set-ncquota -target

scheckel — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:08:42 GMT

Hi,

i want to know, why the parmeter -target has to have the volume /vol/VOLNAME/qtree path in it:

PS C:\Users\c5103331> set-ncquota -Volume myfirstvol -target quota -type tree -disklimit 1g -Vservercontext derotvs0002

Set-NcQuota : Invalid target quota specified for tree quota rule. Target for explicit tree quota rule for volume myfir

stvol must be in "/vol/myfirstvol/<qtree-name>" format.

At line:1 char:12

+ set-ncquota <<<< -Volume myfirstvol -target quota -type tree -disklimit 1g -Vservercontext derotvs0002

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (NetApp.Ontapi.Filer.C.NcController[]:NcController[]) [Set-NcQuota], E

QUOTAINVALID

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ApiException,DataONTAP.C.PowerShell.SDK.Cmdlets.Quota.SetNcQuota

set-ncquota -Volume myfirstvol -target /vol/myfirstvol/quota -type tree -disklimit 1g -Vservercontext derotvs0002

On the the cli

volume quota rule create -vserver derotvs0002 -policy-name default -volume myfirstvol -type tree -target quota -disk-limit 1g

volume quota> rule show -vserver derotvs0002 -policy-name default -volume myfirstvol

(volume quota policy rule show)

Vserver: derotvs0002 Policy: default Volume: myfirstvol

Soft Soft

User Disk Disk Files Files

Type Target Qtree Mapping Limit Limit Limit Limit Threshold

----- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------ ------- ---------

tree q_first "" - 10GB - - - -

tree quota "" - 1GB - - - -

2 entries were displayed.

Best wishes,

Markus.

Re: set-ncquota -target

bsti — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:02:02 GMT

Quotes only exist on qtrees (not volumes) and to date, I've always had to refer to LUNs and QTrees by their paths. In this case, since you are setting a quota on a qtree, you have to specify the path to the QT. I imagine the reason why is you can have more than one LUN or qtree in a volume, so specifying the volume name is not specific enough.

Re: set-ncquota -target

scheckel — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:48:22 GMT

I named the qtree "quota" but its strange the i have to enter in the target also the volumen name. I would expect, that i only enter the name of the qtree.

Best wishes,

Markus.

Re: set-ncquota -target

bsti — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:19:35 GMT

I think any API that interacts with either a LUN or Qtree expects a path, not just a name. I'm willing to bet there aren't many (if any) exceptions. Get-NaLun for instance expects a LUN path, not a LUN name. Get-NaQtree is the same way.