Mount an xsan volume, Unmount an xsan volume – Apple Xsan 2 User Manual
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Appendix C
Use command-line tools
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xsanctl command
Description
list
Lists the volumes available on the SAN and the
path at which each volume is mounted on the
local computer.
sanConfigChanged
Notifies the Xsan file system that it should reload
the SAN configuration.
roleChanged
Notifies the Xsan file system that this computer’s
SAN role has changed or the computer was
removed from the SAN.
disksChanged
Notifies the Xsan file system that it should rescan
disks.
wipeConfig
Resets the Xsan file configuration to an
unconfigured state. All files in /Library/
Preferences/Xsan/ are removed except uuid. The
xsand process isn’t unloaded. Directory services
aren’t reconfigured.
Mount an Xsan volume
Use the
xsanctl
command to mount an Xsan volume on a computer.
Mount a volume from the command line:
1
Go to the computer and open Terminal, or use SSH to log in to the computer remotely:
$ ssh user@computer
Replace
user
with the name of a user account on the remote computer and
computer
with its IP address or DNS name.
If you have trouble making an SSH connection, check the Sharing pane of System
Preferences on the remote computer and make sure Remote Login service is turned on.
2
Mount the volume:
$ sudo xsanctl mount volume
For example:
$ sudo xsanctl mount SanVol
Unmount an Xsan volume
Use the
xsanctl
command to unmount an Xsan volume on a computer.
Unmount a volume:
1
Go to the computer and open Terminal, or use SSH to log in to the computer remotely:
$ ssh user@computer
Replace
user
with the name of a user account on the remote computer and
computer
with its IP address or DNS name.