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Notation conventions, The commands – Apple Xsan 1.1 User Manual

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Appendix B

Using the Command Line

If you get the response “

No manual entry for

...” when you try to view a man page, add

the Xsan man pages directory

/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man

to your man search

path. If you’re running Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server version 10.3, you can add the
following line to the file

/etc/manpath.config

on your computer:

OPTIONAL_MANPATH /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man

If you’re running Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server version 10.4, you can add the following
line to the file

/usr/share/misc/man.conf

:

MANPATH /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man

Notation Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout the command descriptions.

The Commands

Xsan includes the following command-line tools:

Notation

Indicates

monospaced font

A command or other terminal text

$

A shell prompt

[text_in_brackets]

An optional parameter

(one|other)

Alternative parameters (type one or the other)

underlined

A parameter you must replace with a value

[...]

A parameter that may be repeated

A displayed value that depends on your SAN configuration

Command

Description

cvadmin

View or change volume and storage pool settings (page 109)

cvcp

Copy files or folders (page 112)

cvfsck

Check or repair a volume (page 113)

cvlabel

View, label, and initialize LUNs (page 114)

cvmkdir

Create a folder with an affinity (page 114)

cvmkfile

Create and pre-allocate a file (page 115)

cvmkfs

Initialize a volume (page 116)

cvupdatefs

Apply volume setup changes (page 116)

fsm

Start a volume controller process (page 116)

fsmpm

Start a port mapper process (page 117)

snfsdefrag

Defragment a volume (page 117)