Apple Xsan 2 - Manual (Page 99)

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To select more than one client, hold down the Command or Shift key as you select
clients in the list.
Remove a client from a SAN
You can remove a client computer from a SAN to prevent it from accessing SAN volumes.
Select to view computers
already in the SAN.
Action menu
Remove a client from a SAN:
1 In Xsan Admin, select Computers in the SAN Assets list, select the client, and choose
“Remove computer from SAN” from the Action pop-up menu (gear).
If SAN volumes are mounted on the client, Xsan Admin unmounts them.
If you can’t choose “Remove computer from SAN,” make sure all Xsan clients and
metadata controllers are turned on and their status is Ready in Xsan Admin’s
Computers list.
2 To prevent the client from appearing in the Xsan Admin’s list of computers that can be
added to the SAN, do one of the following:
 If the client computer has Mac OS X Lion or Lion Server, open System Preferences on
the client, click Xsan, and then click Disable Xsan.
 If the client computer has Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard, remove the
Xsan software by inserting the Xsan Install Disc for Xsan 2.2 in the client computer,
opening the Other Installs folder, and double-clicking Uninstall Xsan.mpkg.