Apple Xsan 1.1 User Manual
Xsan administrator’s guide
Table of contents
Document Outline
- Administrator’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Overview of Xsan
- Setting Up a Storage Area Network
- Hardware and Software Requirements
- Planning Your SAN
- Connecting Computers and Storage Devices
- Preparing LUNs (RAID Arrays and Slices)
- Using the Xsan Admin Application
- Using the Command Line
- SAN and Volume Setup Summary
- Setting Up an Xsan Volume on a Storage Area Network
- Renaming a SAN
- Deleting a SAN
- Setting Up Additional SANs
- Managing SAN Storage
- Managing Clients and Users
- Managing Metadata Controllers
- Monitoring SAN Status
- Locking Xsan Admin Views for Secure Monitoring
- Checking Overall SAN Status
- Checking Overall Volume Status
- Checking Free Space on a Volume
- Checking Free Space on a Storage Pool
- Checking Quota Use
- Viewing a Controller’s CPU and Network Utilization
- Viewing File System CPU and Memory Utilization
- Setting Up Status Notifications
- Checking the Status of File System Processes
- Viewing Xsan Logs
- Checking Volume Clients
- Checking for Fibre Channel Connection Failures
- Checking the State of Xserve RAID Systems
- Solving SAN Problems
- You’re Unable to Install the Xsan Software
- Some Computers Aren’t Listed in Xsan Admin
- You’re Unable to Connect to a Computer Using Xsan Admin
- You’re Unable to Mount a Volume on a Client
- Xserve RAID LUNs Aren’t Accessible Over Fibre Channel
- You’re Unable to Add a Storage Pool
- Some LUNs Aren’t Listed in Xsan Admin
- Some LUNs Are Listed Twice in Xsan Admin
- Problems Using Command-Line Tools
- A Client User Sees Error Code –1425
- A LUN Doesn’t Have as Much Space as Expected
- Files and Folders Created by Mac OS 9 Computers Show the Wrong Creation Date
- You’re Unable to Rename an Xsan Volume in the Finder
- You’re Unable to Restart a Volume After Adding LUNs or Storage Pools
- Fibre Channel Performance Is Poorer Than Expected
- You’re Unable to Add LUNs to a Storage Pool
- A Client is Unable to Use a Volume After a Fibre Channel Interruption
- SAN Performance Declines Periodically and Predictably
- Combining Xsan and StorNext Clients and Controllers
- Using the Command Line
- Using the Shell Commands
- Notation Conventions
- The Commands
- Viewing or Changing Volume and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)
- Copying Files or Folders (cvcp)
- Checking or Repairing a Volume (cvfsck)
- Labeling, Listing, and Unlabeling LUNs (cvlabel)
- Creating a Folder With an Affinity (cvmkdir)
- Creating and Pre-Allocating a File (cvmkfile)
- Initializing a Volume (cvmkfs)
- Applying Volume Configuration Changes (cvupdatefs)
- Starting a Volume Controller (fsm)
- Starting a Port Mapper Process (fsmpm)
- Defragmenting a File, Directory, or Volume (snfsdefrag)
- Mounting an Xsan Volume
- Unmounting an Xsan Volume
- Viewing Logs
- The Configuration Files
- Glossary
- Index