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.