FSRM mmc console takes 60+ minutes to load the list of quotas

[Guest MJZRAZ]

2003 Server R2 64 Bit in a 3 Node Cluster with 2 SAN Storage drives of 1 TB

each.

 

We have 1300 quotas, mostly user home directories and maybe 50 shared

departmental directories. When opening the MMC We have to wait over an hour

before it loads all the quotas and is useable. If I need to refresh, there

goes another 60 minutes.

 

Other than using the command line, is there a faster way to manage this? Do

others have this agonizing slow response from FSRM? I have tried it both

logged into the server and logged into a workstation and it takes the same

time.

 

Our previous experience was with Symantec Storage Exec which had lots of

problems, but we have @ 6000 quotas there over 10 volumes and even if we load

them all (when it's working) that only took 10-15 minutes.

 

Is FSRM really this bad? I would love to hear of other's experience and # of

quptas and sizes of volumes to compare.

[Guest MJZRAZ]

RE: FSRM mmc console takes 60+ minutes to load the list of quotas

 

After posting I did find another older discussion:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/dgbrowser/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.server.general&tid=aca0964d-3da9-4b63-aefa-1f5333d61375&cat=en-us-technet-win2003&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1

 

The part I found most interesting was that disabling the NIC caused the

quotas to load according to the poster. I am 10 miles from the Data Center so

disabling the NIC might not be wise. I suppose I could do it through the IP

KVM, but to do that every time might be a pain.

 

Waiting an hour for a console to load to perform a 30 second task is

ridiculous.

[Guest Jabez Gan [MVP]]

Re: FSRM mmc console takes 60+ minutes to load the list of quotas

 

Hi,

 

I know this is not a solution, but what about using the command line tool?

 

dirquota.exe

filescm.exe

storrept.exe

 

:)

 

--

Jabez Gan

Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - File Storage

"MJZRAZ" <MJZRAZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> 2003 Server R2 64 Bit in a 3 Node Cluster with 2 SAN Storage drives of 1

> TB

> each.

>

> We have 1300 quotas, mostly user home directories and maybe 50 shared

> departmental directories. When opening the MMC We have to wait over an

> hour

> before it loads all the quotas and is useable. If I need to refresh, there

> goes another 60 minutes.

>

> Other than using the command line, is there a faster way to manage this?

> Do

> others have this agonizing slow response from FSRM? I have tried it both

> logged into the server and logged into a workstation and it takes the same

> time.

>

> Our previous experience was with Symantec Storage Exec which had lots of

> problems, but we have @ 6000 quotas there over 10 volumes and even if we

> load

> them all (when it's working) that only took 10-15 minutes.

>

> Is FSRM really this bad? I would love to hear of other's experience and #

> of

> quptas and sizes of volumes to compare.

[Guest MJZRAZ]

Re: FSRM mmc console takes 60+ minutes to load the list of quotas

 

Command line could work, but takes the ease of use and throws it out the

window. One of the problems we were hoping to solve with FSRM is that under

certain hotfix combinations we lose the ability to view the managed objects

in Storage Exec and then we have to use symantec's command line tool.

 

"Jabez Gan [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I know this is not a solution, but what about using the command line tool?

>

> dirquota.exe

> filescm.exe

> storrept.exe

>

> :)

>

> --

> Jabez Gan

> Microsoft MVP:

[Guest Jabez Gan [MVP]]

Re: FSRM mmc console takes 60+ minutes to load the list of quotas

 

Well honestly FSRM doensn't work well in certain conditions and i find it

easier and more painless to be using the command line tool.

 

--

Jabez Gan

Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - File Storage

"MJZRAZ" <MJZRAZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Command line could work, but takes the ease of use and throws it out the

> window. One of the problems we were hoping to solve with FSRM is that

> under

> certain hotfix combinations we lose the ability to view the managed

> objects

> in Storage Exec and then we have to use symantec's command line tool.

>

> "Jabez Gan [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> I know this is not a solution, but what about using the command line

>> tool?

>>

>> dirquota.exe

>> filescm.exe

>> storrept.exe

>>

>> :)

>>

>> --

>> Jabez Gan

>> Microsoft MVP: