Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) - Manual (Page 110)

110 Appendix B Using the Command Line
To install Xsan on a computer that has no keyboard or monitor:
1 Log in to a computer that has a keyboard and monitor, and then insert the Xsan Install
Disc.
2 Open the Terminal application (in /Applications/Utilities/).
3 In Terminal, copy the Xsan installer package to the remote computer:
$ scp -r /Volumes/Xsan\ Install\ Disc/Install\ Xsan.mpkg user@
remotehost :/tmp/
Replace user with the name of an administrator user on the remote computer and
remotehost with the IP address or DNS name of the computer you want to install on.
To install only the Xsan Admin application, enter:
$ scp -r /Volumes/Xsan\ Install\ Disc/Other\ Installs/XsanAdmin.mpkg/
user @remotehost:/tmp/
4 Log in to the remote computer:
$ ssh user@remotehost
Replace user and remotehost with the same information as in the previous step.
5 Run the installer on the headless computer:
To install the Xsan file system and Xsan Admin application, enter: Â
$ sudo installer -pkg /tmp/Install\ Xsan.mpkg -target /
To install only the Xsan Admin application, enter: Â
$ sudo installer -pkg /tmp/Install\ Xsan.mpkg/Contents/Installers/
XsanAdminApp.pkg/ -target /
To monitor the installation, add the  -verbose parameter:
$ sudo installer -verbose -pkg /tmp/Install\ Xsan.mpkg -target /
Xsan Commands
Xsan includes these command-line tools:
Tool Description
cvadmin View or change volume and storage pool
settings; see page 111
cvaffinity Manipulate affinity tags manually; see (page 114
cvcp Copy files or folders; see page 115
cvfsck Check or repair a volume; see page 116
cvlabel View, label, and initialize LUNs; see page 116
cvmkdir Create a folder and assign an affinity; see page 117