Apple Xsan 1.0 - Manual (Page 60)

60 Chapter 4 Managing Clients and Users
Unmounting a Volume From a Client
To prevent a client from accessing a volume, you can unmount the volume from the
client. Clients can’t mount SAN volumes themselves; only an administrator can mount a
SAN volume on a client.
To unmount a volume:
1 Open Xsan Admin, select the volume, and click Clients.
2 Select the client computer in the list and click Unmount.
Restricting a Client to Read-Only Access
To prevent a user logged in to a client computer from modifying data on a SAN
volume, you can mount the volume on the client with read-only permissions.
To grant read-only volume access:
1 Open Xsan Admin, select the volume, and click Clients.
2 Select the client computer and click Mount Read Only.
Removing a Client From a SAN
You can remove a client computer from a SAN to prevent it from accessing SAN
volumes.
To remove a client from a SAN:
m Remove the Xsan software from the client.
Insert the Xsan installer disc and double-click Uninstall_Xsan.pkg.
Removing Xsan Software From a Computer
If you’re no longer going to use a computer on a SAN, you can remove the Xsan
software from the computer.
To uninstall the Xsan software:
m Insert the Xsan installer disc and double-click Uninstall_Xsan.pkg.
After the software is removed, you can reuse the software and associated serial number
on another computer.
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