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Command reference

volume quota policy rule delete

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Delete an existing quota rule

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The volume quota policy rule delete command deletes a quota policy rule. You must enter the following information to delete a quota policy rule:

  • Vserver name

  • Quota policy name

  • Volume name

  • Quota target type

  • Target to which the rule applies

  • Qtree to which the rule applies

NOTE:

  • If the rule being deleted belongs to the quota policy that is currently assigned to the Vserver, enforcement of the rule on the volume must be terminated by performing a quota off and on or a quota resize operation using the "volume quota modify " command.

Parameters

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver

This parameter specifies the Vserver containing the quota policy for which you are deleting a rule.

-policy-name <text> - Policy Name

This parameter specifies the name of the quota policy in which you are deleting a rule.

-volume <volume name> - Volume Name

This parameter specifies the name of the volume for which you are deleting a rule.

-type {tree|user|group} - Type

This parameter specifies the quota target type for the rule.

-target <text> - Target

This parameter specifies the target to which the quota policy rule applies.

-qtree <qtree name> - Qtree Name

This parameter specifies the name of the qtree for which you are deleting a rule.

Examples

The following example deletes a quota policy rule on Vserver vs1 for the quota policy named quota_policy_1. This quota policy applies to the group named engr for the qtree named qtree1 on volume vol1.

cluster1::> volume quota policy rule delete -vserver vs1
-policy-name quota_policy_1 -volume vol1 -type group -target engr
-qtree qtree1