Creating quotas and file screens – Dell PowerVault NX300 User Manual

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Creating Quotas and File Screens

You can either use File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) from

Administrative Tools or Share and Storage Management for your Quotas and

File Screen operations.

Option 1: Share and Storage Management Wizard

Quotas and File Screens can be created using the Share and Storage

Management Wizard while creating an NFS or SMB share.

1 Run the Provision Share wizard, create NFS or SMB share, and run

through the wizard.
After the

Share Permission screen, the Quota Policy screen is displayed.

2 Select the Apply Quota check box and select an option for Derive

properties from this quota template.

3 Click Next to go to the File Screen Policy screen.
4 Select the Apply File Screen check box and select an option for Derive

properties from this file screen template.
Review settings and Create Share lists the Quota Policy and File Screen

Policy details.

5 To make changes, click the Previous button otherwise click Create.

The selected options (NFS/SMB Share, Quota, and File Screen) are

created.

Option 2: File Server Resource Manager

1 Click StartAdministrative ToolsFile Server Resource Manager.
2 Click Quota Management to display Quotas and Quota Template.
3 Click Quota, either right-click or use the Create Quota option from the

right pane.

4 Follow the wizard, select the path (volume or folder in which you want to

create the quota), set your preferred

Quota Properties and click Create.

The newly-created quota is displayed in the central pane.

5 Select any of the existing quotas and right-click or use the options in the

right pane to change the quota properties.

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