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Renaming a volume, Renaming a – Apple Xsan 1.4 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Managing SAN Storage

To view or change volume settings:

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Select the SAN in the SAN Components list, click Setup, and click Storage. Then select a

volume and click the Edit button (or double-click a volume).

See the following pages for information about changing specific volume settings.

Renaming a Volume

You must use Xsan Admin to change the name users see when the volume is mounted

on their computers. You can’t rename Xsan volumes using the Finder.

To rename a volume:

1

Unmount the volume from clients.

In Xsan Admin, select the volume and click Clients. Then select clients and click

Unmount.

2

Stop the volume.

In Xsan Admin, select the volume and click Stop Volume.

3

Rename the volume.

In Xsan Admin, select the SAN that the volume belongs to, click Setup, and click

Storage. Then double-click the volume, type a new name in the Volume Name field,

click OK, and click Save.

Use only uppercase letters (A–Z), lowercase letters (a–z), numbers (0–9), or underscores

( _ ). Don’t include spaces or hyphens. The maximum length is 70 characters.

4

Start the volume.

Select the volume in the SAN Components list and click Start Volume.

Warning:

Renaming a volume causes all data on the volume to be lost.