We loaded R2 on our 2-node test cluster and have been experimenting
with quotas and reports. The first issue that we have found so far is
in using the Auto Apply quota settings. I have a directory configured
that is basically a placeholder. I create a directory structure and
then mount in other folders (from a mount point) using linkd. This
gives us a "dfs-like" directory structure on the node and we then just
share the top level folder to give access.

If I setup the Auto Apply, I get an erro in the system event log:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRMSVC
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8197
Date: 4/13/2006
Time: 4:35:13 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SATURN
Description:
File Server Resource Manager Service error: Unexpected error.

Operation:
Getting auto apply quota object on folder 'M:\Data\ITS'.

Error-specific details:
Error: GetVolumePathName, 0x800700ce, The filename or extension is
too long.


For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 52 4d 56 4f 4c 4d 43 SRMVOLMC
0008: 38 30 38 00 00 00 00 00 808.....
0010: 53 52 4d 56 4f 4c 4d 43 SRMVOLMC
0018: 37 39 36 00 00 00 00 00 796.....


Any ideas on the problem? Are linked folders supported with R2 Quota
management? Thanks for the responses!
--TJ

Linked folders are not quite supported.

Also can you double check that you applied Auto Quota on the actual
directory instead of the linked folder?

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Microsoft MVP: Windows Server
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Jabez -

Thanks for the response. I was able to setup the Auto Quota when I
pointed at the actual directory and not the folder that it was linked
into. This needs to be changed for our installation to work well.

Brief overview: On our cluster, we have adopted the model of a 1GB base
disk and then we mount multiple 300 GB disks as mointpoints into a
folder structure. This seems to give fairly quick move times and if a
disk does do a checkdsk, it is much quicker and other mountpoints can
be online while it does checkdsk. For some areas, there might be 3 or
4 mounted volumes that need to be accessed beneath a single shared
folder so we have to use linkd to create the correct directory
structure.

We need to be able to set a quota at this top level (on the base 1GB
disk) and have it apply to subfolders (which are linked folders from a
mountpoint) for this product to be fully useful and replace our current
production (3rd party) software. Any plans that this will be supported
and when it will be supported? Any other limitations I should be aware
of with the brief overview I've given?

Thanks for responding!
--TJ

Hi,

From Georgi [MS]:

A couple of this to mention:

1) The scenario of putting auto apply templates on the root a mounted
volume is actually supported. Mount the volumes and the use the FSRM console
to go create the auto apply template on the mount point. It will be created
on the root of the mounted volume

2) The customer mentions something about links which leads me to believe
that in addition to the mount points they are creating a mirror hierarchy
which they use for sharing and link the subfolders to the user folders on
the mounted volume. If this is the case I really need some specific details
of what exactly they are doing. This very much sounds like an issue that PSS
send us.The issue is not specific to FSRM and is actually a manifestation of
a filter manager behavior.


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Microsoft MVP: Windows Server
http://www.blizhosting.com
MSBLOG: http://msblog.resdev.net


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