PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Web Administration Guide

Email quota notification messages

If email notifications for exceeded quotas are enabled, you can customize PowerScale templates for email notifications or create your own. Email notifications can be in either plain text format or in properly formatted HTML.

Plain text quota email templates

There are three plain text email notification templates that are provided with OneFS. The templates are in /etc/ifs and are described in the following table:

Table 1. Quota Email TemplatesThe following table describes each template.
Template	Description
quota_email_template.txt	A notification that the disk quota has been exceeded.
quota_email_grace_template.txt	A notification that the disk quota has been exceeded (also includes a parameter to define a grace period in the number of days).
quota_email_test_template.txt	A notification test message that you can use to verify that a user is receiving email notifications.

If the default email notification templates do not meet your needs, you can configure your own custom email notification templates by using a combination of text and SmartQuotas variables. Whether you choose to create your own templates or modify the existing ones, ensure that the first line of the template file is a Subject: line. For example:

Subject: Disk quota exceeded

If you want to include information about the message sender, include a From: line immediately under the subject line. If you use an email address, include the full domain name for the address. For example:

From:  administrator@abcd.com

In this example of the quota_email_template.txt file, a From: line is included. Also, the default text "Contact your system administrator for details" at the end of the template is changed to name the administrator:

Subject: Disk quota exceeded
From: administrator@abcd.com

The <ISI_QUOTA_DOMAIN_TYPE> quota on path <ISI_QUOTA_PATH> owned by 
<ISI_QUOTA_OWNER> has exceeded the <ISI_QUOTA_TYPE> limit.
The quota limit is <ISI_QUOTA_THRESHOLD>, and <ISI_QUOTA_USAGE>
is currently in use. You may be able to free some disk space by
deleting unnecessary files. If your quota includes snapshot usage,
your administrator may be able to free some disk space by deleting
one or more snapshots. Contact Jane Anderson (janderson@abcd.com)
for details.

The following is an example of a what a user sees as an emailed notification (note that the SmartQuotas variables are resolved):

Subject: Disk quota exceeded
From: administrator@abcd.com

The advisory disk quota on directory /ifs/data/sales_tools/collateral
owned by jsmith on production-Boris was exceeded.

The quota limit is 10 GB, and 11 GB is in use. You may be able 
to free some disk space by deleting unnecessary files. If your 
quota includes snapshot usage, your administrator may be able 
to free some disk space by deleting one or more snapshots. 
Contact Jane Anderson (janderson@abcd.com) for details.

HTML quota email template

Quota notifications can also be formatted in HTML. An example of a properly formatted HTML quota notification template containing a source image and SmartQuotas variables is as follows:

<html><body>
<img src="https://i.dell.com/sites/imagecontent/app-merchandizing/responsive/Shop/Browse/PublishingImages/dell-social-logo.jpg">   
<h1>Quota Exceeded</h1><p></p>
<hr>
<p>The path <ISI_QUOTA_PATH> has exceeded the threshold <ISI_QUOTA_THRESHOLD> for this <ISI_QUOTA_TYPE> quota.</p>
</body></html>

In this example, the <ISI_QUOTA_PATH>, <ISI_QUOTA_THRESHOLD>, and <ISI_QUOTA_TYPE> variables are substituted with the values of the variables from the cluster in the body of the HTML email message. For example:

Quota Exceeded

The path /ifs/data/myfolder has exceeded the threshold 4.00G for this advisory quota.

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