Symptoms

When a quota is exceeded from a user outside the System access zone, SmartQuotas fails to send a notification email and produces an alert.For example: lionfish-1# isi event view 131073 ID: 131073 Started: 10/14 11:56 Causes Long: SmartQuotas notification for quota notify for user {username} failed Last Event: 2017-01-06T11:11:26 Ignore: No Ignore Time: Never Resolved: No Ended: -- Events: 11 Severity: information Also, an entry similar to the following appears in /var/log/messages: 2017-01-06T17:13:38-07:00 <3.4> lionfish-1 isi_quota_notify_d[2439]: Failed executing email-owner notify action: Failed to lookup ID: { type=uid extra=0 id=2001 }: No such file or directory

Cause

This occurs when a quota is configured to notify a user who does not exist in the System access zone. SmartQuotas is not zone-aware and is working as designed.In this example, SmartQuotas is failing to notify the Active Directory user "example" for a quota with a hard limit that has been exceeded: lionfish-1# isi quota quotas list --zone=QuotaZone Type AppliesTo Path Snap Hard Soft Adv Used -------------------------------------------------------------------- user OCEAN\example /ifs/data/quotaZone No 5.00M - - 5.62M -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total: 1 The cluster reported the following in /var/log/messages: 2017-01-06T17:13:38-07:00 <3.4> lionfish-1 isi_quota_notify_d[2439]: Failed executing email-owner notify action: Failed to lookup ID: { type=uid extra=0 id=2001 }: No such file or directory When attempting to lookup the reported UID (2001), lookup fails from the System (default) access zone: lionfish-1# isi auth users view --uid=2001 Failed to find user for 'UID:2001': No such user -- lionfish-1# isi auth users view --uid=2001 --zone=System Failed to find user for 'UID:2001': No such user The user is only visible from the QuotaZone access zone: lionfish-1# isi auth users view --uid=2001 --zone=QuotaZone Name: OCEAN\example DN: CN=Example User,CN=Users,DC=ocean,DC=local DNS Domain: ocean.local Domain: OCEAN Provider: lsa-activedirectory-provider:OCEAN.LOCAL Sam Account Name: example UID: 2001 SID: S-1-5-21-1634155094-2401538719-1846518018-1106 Enabled: Yes Expired: No Expiry: - Locked: No Email: example@mail.ocean.local GECOS: Example User Generated GID: Yes Generated UID: No Generated UPN: No Primary Group ID: GID:1000000 Name: OCEAN\domain users Home Directory: /ifs/home/OCEAN/example Max Password Age: - Password Expired: No Password Expiry: - Password Last Set: 2017-01-06T17:11:00 Password Expires: No Shell: /bin/zsh UPN: example@OCEAN.LOCAL User Can Change Password: Yes SmartQuotas is working as designed.

Resolution

For each user that is not in the System Access Zone, use a Custom Notification Rule and select "Notify Another (email address):" This circumvents SmartQuotas email lookup feature and would ensure reliable notification when a quota is exceeded.More information about SmartQuota notification rules can be found in the administration guides available here:PowerScale OneFS Info Hubs

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