Labeling, listing, and unlabeling luns (cvlabel), Labeling – Apple Xsan 1.4 User Manual

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Appendix B

Using the Command Line

Labeling, Listing, and Unlabeling LUNs (cvlabel)

You can use the

cvlabel

command to initialize LUNs so they can be added to storage

pools. For additional details, see the

cvlabel

man page.

To list available LUNs:

$ cvlabel -l [-s] [-v]

To list current LUN and label information you can paste into a label file:

$ cvlabel -c

To label a LUN:

$ cvlabel [-v] [-f] [labelfile]

To remove the existing label from a LUN:

$ cvlabel -u lun

Parameter

Description

-l

List available LUNs.

-s

Display device serial numbers.

-v

Show progress display.

-c

Create a label template file.

-f

Relabels LUNs that are already labeled.

labelfile

An optional file containing information for each label. You can
use the -c option to create this file, or use this file as a template:

/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/examples/cvlabels.example

lun

The LUN identified by disk name, for example /dev/disk4.

-u

Unlabel the specified LUN.

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