Apple Xsan 2 - Manual (Page 156)

156 Appendix C Use command-line tools
Control the Xsan file system (xsanctl)
Use the xsanctl command to control basic Xsan file system functions. For details, see
the xsanctl man page.
$ sudo xsanctl command
xsanctl commands
xsanctl command Description
ping Sends a ping message to the Xsan file system
to verify that it’s responding to management
requests.
mount volume [options] Mounts an Xsan volume on the computer.
If successfully mounted, the volume will be
automounted at startup.
volume – the name of the volume
options – a space-delimited list of options for
the mount operation. Automatic remounts of this
volume also use the given mount options. If no
options are given, the options used for the last
mount operation are used.
Valid mount options are most of the mount
options recognized by the
mount_acfs
command. The few mount_acfs mount options
that don’t apply to Xsan are ignored. Options are
given by name and prefaced by two dashes (
-- ).
For example, to disable atime updates, use the
noatime option of mount_acfs like this:
xsanctl mount --noatime
For options that pass a parameter, the option
name is followed by an equals sign (
= ) and then
the option. For example, to specify that the kernel
should create 12 threads for the mount point, use:
xsanctl mount --threads=12
If you use the --at option, make sure it specifies
a location in the root file system. Xsan volumes
mounted atop other file systems may not
automatically remount correctly.
For more information about available options, see
the
mount_acfs man page.
unmount volume Unmounts an Xsan volume on the computer. If
successfully unmounted, the volume won’t be
automounted at startup.
volume – the name of the volume