If you prefer working from the command line, you can use the fsutil command to change the default disk quota limits. To do so:. Enter the threshold and limit values in bytes. For example, to change the disk quota warning level to 1. If the operation fails, be sure you entered the volume, domain and username correctly and that the user has disk quotas enabled.
Setting and configuring disk quotas is quite similar within Windows Server R2. Ever since native disk quotas were introduced with Windows Server, however, administrators have been requesting the ability to assign disk quotas differently.
Also, Windows servers previously lacked the ability to natively configure disk quotas on multiple volumes or folders simultaneously, such as would prove helpful in larger enterprise environments. Windows Server R2 also includes a new feature that addresses several disk quota shortfalls. FSRM even enables configuring quotas on multiple volumes simultaneously using templates.
More information on FSRM can be found here. Open the Server Management console from the Start menu or using a desktop icon.
Expand the Advanced Management entry in the left pane. Expand Computer Management. Expand Storage. This will refresh both the computer and user policies.
Whatever changes you make in the group policy will be reflected on the Quota properties tab of each volume you wish to configure in your domain. The options will appear grayed out and non-editable. Using the Computer Management console, you can configure disk quotas for a local or remote volume from a central location. To open Computer Management, you have three choices; either right click My Computer and select Manage, type compmgmt.
Select which computer you wish to manage from the root node. Click the Quota tab and enable the options you want to be enforced. The traffic lights icon at the top indicate the status of the disk quota; red means quotas are disabled, orange signifies a changeover is taking place while it rebuilds the disk information , and green means disk quotas are enabled. A textual representation of the status is shown on the right of the image.
Users will be unable to add more data until some space is freed up. As you can see from Figure 3 above, the quota limit for new users is greyed out. This is because we have already set it from the group policy, which overrides any customizable settings on the quota tab of a volume.
Whenever a user exceeds this limit a Warning event log will be written to the Application Event Log and shown in the Event Viewer. Figure 4: A warning event log for disk quotas. In the Quota Entries application however, it is correctly displayed as a Warning. When you press the Apply button on the Disk Quota Properties Dialog you are notified that the volume will be rescanned to update the statistics and that this operation may take several minutes.
Simply press OK to continue and have disk quotas enabled on that volume. From this section you can create, delete and manage quota entries for specific users or groups.
If a user requires more space than others then you can set this from here. Choose a user from Active Directory and press OK. You will be given the option to limit disk space and set a warning level or not limit disk usage at all.
Once you have chosen your preferred settings, press OK and the user will be added to the list. You are commenting using your WordPress.
Once you select the template, the details of the template will appear in the box at the bottom of the dialog box. Microsoft includes a few preconfigured templates to assist in assigning quotas to folders. You can use these or create your own templates by completing the following steps:. If you want to use an existing template to create your new quota template, select the desired template from the Copy Properties From Quota Template drop-down box at the top of the dialog box.
Then complete the remaining fields of the dialog box. Templates allow you to save and reuse quota settings, saving time in the future. Check out the Windows Server archive , and catch up on the most useful tips from this newsletter. Stay on top of the latest Windows Server tips and tricks with our free Windows Server newsletter, delivered each Wednesday. Automatically sign up today! Derek Schauland has been tinkering with Windows systems since Configuring quotas and quota templates on shared folders When upgrading to Windows Server R2, you will need to install the File Server Resource Manager application following the steps below.
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