Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) User Manual

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Appendix B

Using the Command Line

Parameter

Description

-e command

Execute the specified command and return
to the shell prompt. Otherwise,

cvadmin

continues to run in interactive mode with the
prompt

Xsanadmin>

. If you include parameters

(

cmdparam

) with the command, enclose the

command and its parameters in a pair of quotes.
Available commands are listed in “cvadmin
Commands
” below.

cmdparam

Values required by the command.

Commands available in the

cvadmin

tool are listed in the following table.

cvadmin Commands

cvadmin command

Description

activate
[volume|index]

Choose the active volume that you want to work
with interactively.

volume

– the name of the volume

index

– the numeric ID of the volume (to

see a list of these, use the

cvadmin select

command without any parameters)

disks [refresh]

List LUNs.

down pool

Disallow all access to a storage pool.

pool

– the name of a storage pool in the

currently active volume

fail (volume|index)

Cause a volume to fail over to a standby
controller.

volume

– the name of the volume

index

– the numeric ID of the volume (to

see a list of these, use the

cvadmin select

command without any parameters)

filelocks [yes|no]

Enable or disable file and record locks. Use the
command without any parameter to see the
current setting for locks.

multipath pool
(rotate|static)

Specify how Xsan uses multiple paths to a
storage pool.

pool

– the name of a storage pool in the active

volume

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