Chapter 8: solving san problems, Appendix b: using the command line – Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) User Manual

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96 Graphing SAN Resource Usage
97 Setting Up Status Notifications
98 Viewing Xsan Logs
99 Checking Volume Clients
99 Checking for Fibre Channel Connection Failures

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Chapter 8: Solving SAN Problems

100 If You Can’t Connect to a Computer Using Xsan Admin
100 If You Can’t Install the Xsan Software
100 If Computers Aren’t Listed in Xsan Admin
101 If You Can’t Mount a Volume on a Client
101 If You Can’t Unmount a Volume on a Client
101 If RAID LUNs Aren’t Accessible over Fibre Channel
101 If You Have Problems Using Command-Line Tools
101 If a LUN Doesn’t Have as Much Space as Expected
101 If You Can’t Rename an Xsan Volume in the Finder
102 If You Can’t Add a Storage Pool
103 If Fibre Channel Performance Is Poorer Than Expected
103 If a Client Can’t Use a Volume After a Fibre Channel Interruption
103 If You Can’t Add LUNs to a Storage Pool
104 If the Capacity of a Larger LUN is Listed as 2 Terabytes
104 If File Copying Doesn’t Finish
104 If a Volume Unexpectedly Restarts

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Appendix A: Combining Xsan Controllers and StorNext Clients

105 Compatible Software Versions
106 Terminology
106 Licensing
106 Adding StorNext Clients to an Xsan SAN

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Appendix B: Using the Command Line

108 Using Shell Commands
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Sending Commands to Remote Computers

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Viewing the Man Pages

109 Notation Conventions
109 Installing Xsan from the Command Line
110 Xsan Commands
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Viewing or Changing Volume and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)

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Manipulating Affinity Tags (cvaffinity)

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Copying Files or Folders (cvcp)

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Checking or Repairing a Volume (cvfsck)

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Labeling, Listing, and Unlabeling LUNs (cvlabel)

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Creating a Folder and Assigning an Affinity (cvmkdir)

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