The commands – Apple Xsan 1.4 User Manual
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Appendix B
Using the Command Line
The Commands
Xsan includes the following command-line tools:
Viewing or Changing Volume and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)
You can use the
cvadmin
tool to perform a variety of information and setup tasks
related to Xsan volumes.
For help, see the
cvadmin
man page or type
$ sudo cvadmin -e help
To enter interactive mode:
$ sudo cvadmin
Command
Description
cvadmin
View or change volume and storage pool settings (page 164)
cvcp
Copy files or folders (page 168)
cvfsck
Check or repair a volume (page 171)
cvlabel
View, label, and initialize LUNs (page 172)
cvmkdir
Create a folder with an affinity (page 173)
cvmkfile
Create and preallocate a file (page 174)
cvmkfs
Initialize a volume (page 175)
cvupdatefs
Apply volume setup changes (page 176)
fsm
Start a volume controller process (page 176)
fsmpm
Start a port mapper process (page 177)
snfsdefrag
Defragment a volume (page 177)