Windows SBS 2011 incorporates simple quota controls into
the Windows SBS Console application, but for more detailed
administration of quotas, and to create your own additional quotas, you
must use the File Server Resource Manager Console.
The File Server Resource Manager Console is part of the File
Services role, which Windows SBS 2011 installs automatically. You can
launch the console in any one of the following ways:
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Click the Start menu. Then click Administrative Tools > File Server Resource Manager.
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Launch the Server Manager Console and, in the Scope (left) pane, browse to the Roles\File Services\Share and Storage Management\File Server Resource manager node.
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Open the Run dialog box or a Command Prompt window, type fsrm.msc and press Enter.
The console appears as shown in Figure 1.
1. Creating a Quota Template
A quota template is a
collection of settings that specify whether a quota should be hard or
soft, what thresholds the system should apply to a quota, and what
actions the system should take when a user reaches a threshold. Using
quota templates simplifies the process of creating quotas for multiple users with the same settings.
Quota templates are permanently linked to the quotas created from
them. When you use a template to create quotas, you can modify the
template at a later time, and the system will apply the changes you
made to the template to all the quotas you have created from that
template.
The File Server Resource Manager Console includes a number of predefined templates, as shown in Figure 2, which you can use as is, or use to create your own templates.
To create a new quota template, follow this procedure.
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Log on to your Windows SBS 2011 server, using an account with network Administrator privileges. The Windows SBS Console appears.
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Click Start and then click Administrative Tools > File Server Resource Manager. The File Server Resource Manager Console appears.
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Expand the Quota management node. Then right-click the Quota templates node and, from the context menu, select Create quota template. The Create Quota Template dialog box appears.
To create a new quota template from one of the existing templates, select a template in the Copy properties from quota template drop-down list and click Copy. The settings from the template appear in the dialog box, so that you can modify them as needed.
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In the Template name text box, type the name you want to use to identify the template. Optionally, in the Description text box, type a descriptive string for the template.
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In the Space limit box,
specify the amount of storage space you want to allot to each
individual user and whether you want to create a hard quota or a soft
quota.
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In the Notification thresholds box, click Add. The Add Threshold dialog box appears.
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In the Generate notifications when usage reaches (%) text box, enter a threshold in the form of a percentage of the space limit you specified earlier.
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Use the controls on the following tabs to specify the actions you want taken when a user reaches the specified threshold:
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Email message
Select the appropriate check box to specify whether you want the system
to send an email message to an administrator, to the user, or both. For
administrators, you can specify the email addresses of one or more
persons separated by semicolons. For the user, you can modify the text
of the default email message.
Note
Windows SBS 2011 must be running the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service to be able to send email messages. To install SMTP, you must use Server Manager to add the SMTP Server feature.
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Event log Select the Send warning to event log check box to create a log entry whenever a user reaches the threshold. You can modify the wording of the log entry in the text box provided.
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Command Select the Run this command or script check box to specify a program or script file
that the system should execute whenever a user reaches the threshold.
You can also specify command arguments, a working directory, and the
type of account the system should use to run the program or script.
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Report Select the
Generate reports check box, and then select the check boxes for the
reports you want the system to generate. You can also specify that the
system email the selected reports to an administrator or to the user
that exceeded the threshold.
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Click OK to close the Add Threshold dialog box and add the new threshold to the Notification thresholds list on the Create Quota Template dialog box.
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Repeat steps 6 through 9 to create additional thresholds,
if desired. When you have created all of the thresholds you need, click
OK to create the quota template.
