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Commands to activate and modify quotas in ONTAP

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volume quota commands enable you to change the state of quotas and configure message logging of quotas. Depending on what you need to do, you can use the following commands to activate and modify quotas:

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Turn quotas on (also called initializing them)

volume quota on

Resize existing quotas

volume quota resize

Turn quotas off

volume quota off

Change the message logging of quotas, turn quotas on, turn quotas off, or resize existing quotas

volume quota modify

Learn more about the commands described in this procedure in the ONTAP command reference.