Disabling/Enabling Quota Enforcement; Disabling/Enabling Quota Enforcement - Red Hat GLOBAL FILE SYSTEM 5.1 Manual

Synchronizing Quota Information
gfs_quota sync -f MountPoint
MountPoint
Specifies the GFS file system to which the actions apply.
Tuning the Time Between Synchronizations
gfs_tool settune MountPoint quota_quantum Seconds
MountPoint
Specifies the GFS file system to which the actions apply.
Seconds
Specifies the new time period between regular quota-file synchronizations by GFS. Smaller
values may increase contention and slow down performance.
Examples
This example synchronizes the quota information from the node it is run on to file system
gfs_quota sync -f /gfs
This example changes the default time period between regular quota-file updates to one hour
(3600 seconds) for file system
gfs_tool settune /gfs quota_quantum 3600

4.4. Disabling/Enabling Quota Enforcement

Enforcement of quotas can be disabled for a file system without clearing the limits set for all
users and groups. Enforcement can also be enabled. Disabling and enabling of quota
enforcement is done by changing a tunable parameter,
command. The
quota_enforce
quota enforcement should be disabled/enabled. Each time the file system is mounted,
enforcement is enabled by default. (Disabling is not persistent across unmounts.)
on a single node.
/gfs
parameter must be disabled or enabled on each node where

Disabling/Enabling Quota Enforcement

, with the
quota_enforce
.
/gfs
gfs_tool
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