Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) - Manual (Page 98)

Viewing Xsan Logs
You can use Xsan Admin to view the informational and diagnostic messages that Xsan
writes to a computer’s system and log.
Type to search for
entries containing
specific text.
Choose a log file. Choose a SAN computer.
Location of the
selected log file
To view the SAN logs:
In Xsan Admin, click the Logs button at the top of the window, and then in the Logs
m
window that appears, use the Computer and Log pop-up menus to choose the log
you want to view.
To display entries containing specific names, times, or other text, type in the Search
field in the lower-right corner of the window.
From the Command Line
To see the log for a volume from the command line, look at the log file /Library/
Filesystems/Xsan/data/volume/log/cvlog.
The port mapper process log is in /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/debug/nssdbg.out.
The system log is in /var/log/system.log.
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