Setting up status notifications, Checking the status of file system processes – Apple Xsan 1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 6
Monitoring SAN Status
Setting Up Status Notifications
Xsan can send an email or dial a pager to notify you or other administrators when:
 A controller switches to its backup
 A Fibre Channel connection fails
 Free space on a volume falls below a specific percentage
 A user or group exceeds the designated soft quota
 A serial number is about to expire
To send email notifications outside the local network, the controller needs access to an
SMTP server.
To have Xsan send status notifications:
1
Open Xsan Admin, select a SAN in the SAN Components list, click Setup, and click
Notifications.
2
Click the Add (+) button to add an email address or pager number to the list of
contacts.
3
Double-click the new entry in the list, type an email address or the address of a pager
text-messaging account, and press Return.
4
If the entry is for a pager, select the checkbox in the Page column.
5
Choose the conditions that cause a notification to be sent (next to “Notify if”).
6
Click SMTP Info to enter a sender name and the mail server address.
7
Click Save.
8
To test, select an address and click Send Test Notification.
Checking the Status of File System Processes
You can use Xsan Admin to see if Xsan file system processes are running.
To see if Xsan processes are running:
m
To check the main controller process, open Xsan Admin, select a SAN, and click
Overview. To check the controller process for a particular volume, select the volume
and click Overview.
From the Command Line
You can also check to see if the file system processes are running using the
cvadmin
command in Terminal. For more information, see the
cvadmin
Changing Volume and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)” on page 109.