Apple Xsan 2 - Manual (Page 120)

View Xsan logs
You can use Xsan Admin to view the informational and diagnostic messages that Xsan
writes to the SAN logs.Fibre Channel connection failures or errors are recorded in the
system log.
Choose a SAN computer.
Location of the
selected log file
Type to search for
entries containing
specific text.
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 a specific name, time, or other text, type in the Search
field in the lower-right corner of the window.
Check for Fibre Channel connection failures:
1 In Xsan Admin, click the Logs button at the top of the window.
2 In the Logs window that appears, choose the computer in the Computer pop-up menu
and choose System Log from the Log pop-up menu.
From the command line
To see the log for a volume from the command line, look at the log file /Library/Logs/
Xsan/data/volume/log/cvlog.
The port mapper process log is in /Library/Logs/Xsan/debug/nssdbg.out.
The system log is in /var/log/system.log.
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