Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) - Manual (Page 97)

Chapter 7 Monitoring SAN Status 97
To view usage graphs:
In Xsan Admin, click the Graphs button at the top of the window and use the three
m
pop-up menus in the Graphs window to choose a computer, a data type, and a time
interval.
Memory and CPU resources used by the file system (fsm) process for a volume are
listed under the name of the volume in the Graphs pop-up menu when you choose
the volume’s controller from the Computer pop-up menu.
From the Command Line
You can also check the file system process’s current CPU and memory usage by using
the
top command in Terminal to check the process named fsm on the volume’s
controller.
Setting Up Status Notifications
You can set up Xsan to send an email or dial a pager to notify you or other
administrators when:
A controller switches to its backup Â
A Fibre Channel connection fails Â
Free space on a volume falls below a specific percentage Â
A user or group exceeds the designated soft quota Â
A serial number is about to expire Â
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 and select Overview in the SAN Assets list.
2 Choose Edit Notifications Settings from the Action (gear) pop-up menu.
3 To add a contact, click the Add (+) button and enter an email address.
4 If the address is for an account that will forward the notification as a text message,
click the checkbox in the Text Msg column.
5 Choose the conditions that cause a notification to be sent (next to “Notify if”).
6 Enter a sender name.
7 Enter the mail server address in the SMTP Server field.
8 To send a test message to all recipients, click Send Test Notification.
9 Adjust settings as necessary and then click OK.