How do I disable quotas on the /backup partition?

Question

I have added a drive for /backups, and quotas are enabled for it.  Now many of my accounts are over quota.  How do I disable quotas so that the backups aren't counted towards my user's quotas?

Answer

Follow these steps to disable quotas on your /backup partition:

1. Turn quotas off for /backup:

   quotaoff -v /backup

2. Edit /etc/fstab to remove turning on quotas at boot.  If you are using user quotas on ext4, you will start with a line similar to this:

   /backup	ext4	usrjquota=quota.user,jqfmt=vfsv1	1	2

   and remove the references to quotas, so that it looks similar to this:

   /backup	ext4	jqfmt=vfsv1	1	2

3. Reboot the server.  If you do not wish to reboot the server, you may remount the /backup partition with a command like this:
   

   mount -o remount /backup

We have additional documentation for this task here: https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/accounts/how-to-disable-filesystem-quotas/ 

Please note that disabling quotas on any partition, including the backup partition, is a systems administration task.  If you encounter an error or are unsure how to proceed, you may benefit from contacting a system administrator for further investigation. If you do not have such an administrator, you may search for one in our listings here: http://go.cpanel.net/sysadmin  Please note, however, that cPanel, LLC does not endorse or recommend any particular provider on that list, nor can we be held liable for any services performed by third-party providers, including those on the list.