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Apple Xsan 1.1 User Manual

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Contents

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Mounting a Volume on a Client

74

Controlling Client and User Access

74

Controlling Access to Folders on Volumes

74

Unmounting a Volume on a Client

74

Restricting a Client to Read-Only Access

75

Removing a Client From a SAN

75

Removing Xsan Software From a Computer

76

Setting User and Group Quotas

77

About Xsan Quotas

78

Checking User Quota Use

79

Helping Clients Check Their Own Quotas

79

Creating Local Home Directories for Network Accounts

Chapter 5

81

Managing Metadata Controllers

82

Adding a Controller

83

Setting Controller Failover Priority

83

Switching to a Standby Controller

84

Finding Out Which Controller Is Hosting a Volume

85

Listing the Volumes Hosted by a Controller

86

Changing a Controller’s IP Address

87

Upgrading Controller Software

87

Monitoring Controller Status

Chapter 6

89

Monitoring SAN Status

90

Locking Xsan Admin Views for Secure Monitoring

90

Checking Overall SAN Status

91

Checking Overall Volume Status

92

Checking Free Space on a Volume

92

Checking Free Space on a Storage Pool

92

Checking Quota Use

93

Viewing a Controller’s CPU and Network Utilization

93

Viewing File System CPU and Memory Utilization

94

Setting Up Status Notifications

94

Checking the Status of File System Processes

95

Viewing Xsan Logs

95

Checking Volume Clients

96

Checking for Fibre Channel Connection Failures

96

Checking the State of Xserve RAID Systems

Chapter 7

97

Solving SAN Problems

97

You’re Unable to Install the Xsan Software

97

Some Computers Aren’t Listed in Xsan Admin

97

You’re Unable to Connect to a Computer Using Xsan Admin