Manage user disk quotas in Windows

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Manage user disk quotas in Windows

Priya 211

Hello,

With 2 node windows 2019 cluster, i want to manage the user disk quotas. My understanding is that with FSRM, we can do only capacity quota enforcement and not user/group quotas. Hence i explored the disk quota enabled using fsutil for user/group quota.

For the local user i have set the hardlimit as 2MB and wrote data more than 2MB, it didnt complain that user has reached the limit and i could write to the drive without any issues. What am i missing here.

fsutil quota modify H: 1048576 2097152 \Administrator
fsutil quota enforce H:

PS h:\> fsutil quota query H:
FileSystemControlFlags = 0x00000001
Quotas are tracked on this volume
Logging for quota events is not enabled
The quota values are up to date

Default Quota Threshold = 0xffffffffffffffff
Default Quota Limit = 0xffffffffffffffff

SID Name = BUILTIN\Administrators (Alias)
Change time = Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:23:46 PM
Quota Used = 17375232
Quota Threshold = 18446744073709551615
Quota Limit = 18446744073709551615

SID Name = WIN-EST2RNNNHJO\Administrator (User)
Change time = Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:22:25 PM
Quota Used = 0
Quota Threshold = 1048576
Quota Limit = 2097152

SID Name = NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE (WellKnownGroup)
Change time = Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:21:47 PM
Quota Used = 1024
Quota Threshold = 18446744073709551615
Quota Limit = 18446744073709551615

SID Name = NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (WellKnownGroup)
Change time = Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:21:47 PM
Quota Used = 6293504
Quota Threshold = 18446744073709551615
Quota Limit = 18446744073709551615

I have couple of questions

Can we use FSRM for user/group quota?
If not, fsutil is the only way to achieve user/group quota?
In a clustered environment, can i use fsutil to do the user quota enforcement.

Thanks!

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2021-06-08T09:40:51.54+00:00

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Leon Laude 86,026

Hi @Priya ,

1. Can we use FSRM for user/group quota?

Unfortunately it is not possible with File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) to do user/group quotas.

2. If not, fsutil is the only way to achieve user/group quota?

Yes fsutil is one way of achieving this, or third-party tools.

3. In a clustered environment, can i use fsutil to do the user quota enforcement.

It should be possible to do in a clustered environment.

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Best regards,
Leon

Priya 211 Reputation points

2021-06-03T13:13:47.2+00:00

Thanks Leon. It would help if you can suggest what could be the issue in my steps as user quota enforcement was not done.
Leon Laude 86,026 Reputation points

2021-06-03T13:17:28.203+00:00

I'm not sure if your command worked for your local Administrator, try setting COMPUTERNAME\Administrator
Priya 211 Reputation points

2021-06-03T13:29:37.74+00:00

If you see the query output, it did pick the setting properly.

SID Name = WIN-EST2RNNNHJO\Administrator (User)
Change time = Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:22:25 PM
Quota Used = 0
Quota Threshold = 1048576
Quota Limit = 2097152
Leon Laude 86,026 Reputation points

2021-06-03T13:31:27.78+00:00

Try with a domain user, and also enable quota event logging.
pm priya 136 Reputation points

2021-06-07T18:08:16.28+00:00

Hi Leon,

I am using windows 2019 core OS, i could not find out a command to enable disk quota event logging. Could you please help me with the command.

Thanks!
Leon Laude 86,026 Reputation points

2021-06-07T18:12:18.957+00:00

You can do it with Group Policies or with the Registry or by using a .bat script, here's a guide:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/100017-enable-disable-log-event-when-disk-quota-limit-exceeded-windows.html
pm priya 136 Reputation points

2021-06-08T11:23:08.42+00:00

Another question i have is can we enable FSRM and disk quota on a same disk, so that i can enable capacity and user quota on the same disk.
Leon Laude 86,026 Reputation points

2021-06-08T11:28:27.263+00:00

I'm not sure if they will collide with each other or know the existence of each other, your best shot is to try it out :)

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