Apple Xsan 1.1 - Manual (Page 61)

Chapter 3 Managing SAN Storage 61
Renaming a Storage Pool
You can rename a storage pool, but doing so erases all data on the storage pool and
the volume it belongs to.
To rename a storage pool:
1 Unmount the associated volume from all clients.
In Xsan Admin, select the volume, click Clients, select clients in the list, and click
Unmount.
2 Stop the associated volume.
With the volume still selected, click Stop Volume.
3 Rename the storage pool.
Select the SAN, click Setup, click Storage, and double-click the storage pool in the list.
Type the new name and click OK.
4 Click Save.
From the Command Line
You can also rename a storage pool by modifying the associated volume configuration
file in Terminal. For more information, see the
cvfs_config man page or “The Volume
Configuration File” on page 120.
Choosing the Types of Files Stored on a Storage Pool
You can limit the files that are stored on a particular storage pool to volume journal
data and metadata, user data, user data with an affinity for that storage pool, or a
combination of these.
Journal data and metadata are always stored on the first storage pool in a volume.
Important: If you’re using a version of Xsan earlier than 1.1, be sure to store metadata
and journal data only on the first or the first and second storage pools in the volume.
To choose the data types for a storage pool:
1 In Xsan Admin, select the SAN the storage pool belongs to, click Setup, and click
Storage.
2 Double-click the storage pool in the list.
3 Next to “Use for,” choose the data types to store on the storage pool.
4 Click OK, then click Save.
Warning: When you rename a storage pool, all data on the storage pool and the
volume to which it belongs is lost.