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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.
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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