Manage site quotas and locks

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.
3. On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Quota Templates.
4. On the Manage Quota Templates page, in the Template name area, click Create a new quota template.
5. In the Template to start from box, select a template to base your new template on.
6. In the New template name box, type the name to use for your new quota template.
7. Select the Limit site storage to a maximum of: ___ MB check box, and then type the amount of storage to allow at a maximum.
8. In the Storage Limit Values section, select the Send warning e-mail when site storage reaches ___ MB check box, and then type the amount of storage to allow before sending a warning e-mail message.
9. In the Invited User Limits section, select the Limit invited users to a maximum of: ___ users, and then type the number of users to allow.

   Note  The user limit option is available only in Active Directory account mode.

10. Click OK.

    When you click OK, the new template is added to the list of available templates, and the page is refreshed.

You can delete a quota template if you change your quota structures. However, remember that deleting a quota template does not delete quota values from sites that were created using the quota template. To remove quotas from all sites using a particular quota template, you must use the object model and perform a SQL Server query.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.
3. On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Quota Templates.
4. On the Manage Quota Templates page, in the Template name area, click Edit an existing template.
5. In the Template to modify box, select the quota template you want to delete.
6. Click Delete.

   When you click OK, Windows SharePoint Services removes the quota template from the list of available templates, and the page is refreshed.

You can change individual quota values in a template. The new values apply only to new top-level Web sites created by using the quota template. Windows SharePoint Services does not apply the changed values to existing sites unless you use the object model to update the values in the database.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.
3. On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Quota Templates.
4. On the Manage Quota Templates page, in the Template name area, click Edit an existing template.
5. In the Template to modify box, select the quota template to change.
6. Update the options you want to change, and then click OK.

   When you click OK, Windows SharePoint Services updates the template, and refreshes the page.

When you extend a new virtual server, you can specify a quota template to use as the default quota template for that virtual server on the Extend and Create Content Database page. Any new top-level Web sites that you create under the virtual server automatically use the values in the default quota template. You can change the default quota template for a virtual server from the Virtual Server Settings page. Changing the default quota template does not change quota values for existing top-level Web sites. Only newly created top-level Web sites use the new quota template.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the Central Administration page, under Virtual Server Configuration, click Configure virtual server settings.
3. On the Virtual Server List page, select the name of the virtual server you want to change.
4. Under Virtual Server Management, click Virtual server general settings.
5. In the Default Quota Template section, select the quota template to use as the default template when new top-level Web sites are created.
6. Click OK.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.
3. On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Site Collection Quotas and Locks.
4. In the Select a top-level Web site section, type the URL in the Enter the top level Web site URL box, and then click View Data.
5. In the Site Quota Information section, view the settings listed to see the quota settings and current values.

To view the current data for a site, you can also use the Site Collection Usage Statistics Summary page for the top-level Web site.

1. On the site you want to view data for, click Site Settings.
2. In the Administration section, click Go to Site Administration.
3. In the Site Collection Administration section, click View site collection usage summary.

After you check the site quota data, you can change the quota values for a site. Note that this action does not change the quota template, and the change does not affect any site except the site you specify.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.
3. On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Site Collection Quotas and Locks.
4. In the URL of top-level Web site section, type the URL in the Enter the top-level Web site URL box, and then click View Data.
5. In the Site Quota Information section, change the Limit storage to a maximum of __ MB amount, Send warning e-mail when site storage reaches __MB amount, or Maximum users allowed amount setting.

   Note  The user limit option is available only in account mode for Active Directory directory service.

6. Click OK.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.
3. On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Site Collection Quotas and Locks.
4. In the URL of top-level Web site section, type the URL in the Enter the top-level Web site URL box, and then click View Data.
5. In the Site Lock Information section, select Adding content prevented or No access. Choosing No access blocks all access to the site including viewing pages. Choosing Adding content prevented blocks adding new subsites or content, but does not block reading or deleting content.

6. To add details about the reason for the lock, type an explanation in the Additional lock information: box.

7. Click OK.

When a site is locked manually, you can unlock it by using the Site Quota Settings and Locks page.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.
3. On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Site Collection Quotas and Locks.
4. In the URL of top-level Web site section, type the URL in the Enter the top-level Web site URL box, and then click View Data.
5. In the Site Lock Information section, select Not locked, and then click OK.