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Appendix C

Use command-line tools

If you have trouble making an SSH connection, check the Sharing pane of System
Preferences on the remote computer and make sure Remote Login service is turned on.

2

Unmount the volume:

$ sudo xsanctl unmount volume

For example:

$ sudo xsanctl unmount SanVol

View logs

The system log to which Xsan writes information about SANs is in /var/log/system.log.

Volume logs are in /Library/Logs/Xsan/data/volume/log/cvlog, where volume is the
name of the specific volume.

Xsan configuration files

Xsan stores its configuration information in the following files. On Xsan metadata
controllers and Xsan 2.3 clients (Macs with Mac OS X Lion or Lion Server), the
configuration files are located at /Library/Preferences/Xsan/. Some of the following
Xsan configuration files are present on Xsan 2.2 clients at
/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config/.

Note: Don’t edit these files except under the direction of an Apple support engineer.

File or folder in /Library/Preferences/Xsan/

Contents

volume.cfg

Volume settings

volume-auxdata.plist

Additional volume settings used by Xsan Admin

fsmlist

Volume autostart list

fsnameservers

Controller list

automount.plist

Xsan volumes to be mounted during startup, and
their mount options

config.plist

Private Xsan Admin configuration information

notifications.plist

Notification settings made with Xsan Admin

notes/

Note files whose contents were entered in Xsan
Admin’s Inspector window

uuid

Private Xsan Admin computer identification
information

license.dat

StorNext license information

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