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Unmounting an xsan volume, Viewing logs, Xsan configuration files – Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) User Manual

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Appendix B

Using the Command Line

For example:

$ sudo xsanctl mount SanVol

Unmounting an Xsan Volume

Use the

xsanctl

command to unmount an Xsan volume on a computer.

To unmount a volume:

1

Go to the computer and open Terminal, or use SSH to log in to the computer remotely:

$ ssh user@computer

2

Unmount the volume:

$ sudo xsanctl unmount volume

For example:

$ sudo xsanctl unmount SanVol

Viewing Logs

The system log to which Xsan writes information about SANs is in /var/log/system.log.

Volume logs are in /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/data/volume/log/cvlog, where volume is
the name of the specific volume.

Xsan Configuration Files

Xsan stores its configuration information in the following files.

Note: Don’t edit these files except under the direction of an Apple support engineer.

File or folder in /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/
config/

Contents

volume.cfg

Volume settings

volume-auxdata.plist

Additional volume settings used by Xsan Admin

fsmlist

Volume autostart list

fsnameservers

Controller list

automount.plist

Xsan volumes to be mounted during startup,
and their mount options

config.plist

Private Xsan Admin configuration information

notifications.plist

Notification settings made with Xsan Admin

notes/

Note files whose contents were entered in Xsan
Admin’s Inspector window

uuid

Private Xsan Admin computer identification
information