Apple Xsan 1.0 - Manual (Page 66)

66 Chapter 5 Managing Metadata Controllers
Finding Out Which Controller Is Hosting a Volume
Control of a particular volume can move from one controller to another as a result of
controller failover. You can use Xsan Admin to find out which controller is currently
hosting a particular volume.
To view a volume’s controller:
m Open Xsan Admin, select the volume in the SAN Components list, and click Overview.
From the Command Line
You can also find out which controller is hosting a volume using the
cvadmin
command in Terminal. For more information, see the cvadmin man page or “Viewing or
Changing Volume and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)” on page 85.
Listing the Volumes Hosted by a Controller
You can use the cvadmin command to find out which SAN volumes are being hosted
by a particular controller.
To list hosted volumes:
m Open Xsan Admin, select a SAN in the SAN Components list, and click Overview.
Controllers and the volumes they are hosting are listed at the bottom of the window.
From the Command Line
You can also find out which volumes are hosted by a controller using the
cvadmin
command in Terminal. For more information, see the cvadmin man page or “Viewing or
Changing Volume and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)” on page 85.
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