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Appendix B

Using the Command Line

cvadmin Commands

cvadmin command

Description

activate

[volume|index]

Choose the “active” volume that you want to work with
interactively.

volume

– the name of the volume

index

– the numeric ID of the volume (to see a list of these, use

the cvadmin select command without any parameters)

disable pool

[read|write]

Prevent read or write access to a storage pool.

pool

– the name of a storage pool in the currently active

volume.

disks [refresh]

List LUNs.

down pool

Disallow all access to a storage pool.

enable pool

[read|write]

Allow read or write access to a storage pool.

fail (volume|index)

Cause a volume to fail over to a standby controller.

volume

– the name of the volume

index

– the numeric ID of the volume (to see a list of these, use

the cvadmin select command without any parameters)

filelocks [yes|no]

Enable or disable file and record locks. Use the command
without any parameter to see the current setting for locks.

multipath pool

(rotate|static)

Specify how Xsan uses multiple paths to a storage pool.

paths

List available LUNs.

quit

Exit from cvadmin.