Emails are sent to users to notify them if they have exceeded a user quota limit or if they belong to a group that has exceeded its group quota limit.
Note
These emails are not controlled by the Enable Alarms setting for user/group quota alarms in the directory quota configuration. This setting controls alarms that are raised per directory quota if any users or groups exceed their limits or are blocked from writing on the quota.
The email is sent to an email address determined by one of the following, listed here in priority order:
A query to the auth provider for the user's email address.
A configurable suffix is used to form an email address with the user's user name.
A configurable default email address for all such user quota emails. This address is set per directory quota.
To set a default email address via VAST Web UI, use the Default Email field in the Quota Rules tab of quota settings (Element Store -> Quotas -> choose to create or edit a quota).
There is a globally configurable limit on the rate at which these quota emails are sent to users.
Configuring the User Quota Email Settings in VAST Web UI
From the left navigation menu, select Settings -> Notifications -> Quota Setup.
In the Quota Setup pane, complete the following fields:
Email Suffix
Specify the suffix to append to user names to form an email address. This is used as the email recipient address for sending a user an email if they exceed a user quota limit. It is only used if an email address is not found for the user on a provider.
Email Interval
Specify the minimal interval time between quota emails sent to a user.
Format:
<days> <hours>:<minutes>:<seconds>For example, if you specify 1 00:00:00, a user will not receive more than one email each day.
Email Hourly Limit
The hourly limit is the maximum allowable number of all the quota emails sent to all the users, per hour.
Email Provider
From the dropdown, select the query context that should be used to query providers for user emails. You can choose from Aggregated which will perform an aggregated query of all providers, or you can select any specific provider that is configured on the cluster.
Click Save to save your changes.