Apple Xsan 1.0 - Manual (Page 34)

34 Chapter 3 Setting Up a SAN Volume
Step 12: (Optional) Set Up SAN Status Notifications
Xsan can notify you by email or pager when the condition of the SAN changes. If you
don’t want to set up notifications now, you can do it later.
1 On the Notification pane, click the Add button (+) next to the list to add a contact.
2 Double-click the new entry, type an email address or the address of a pager text-
messaging account, and press Return.
3 If the entry is for a pager, select the checkbox in the Page column.
4 Choose the conditions that cause a notification to be sent (next to “Notify if”).
5 Click SMTP Info and enter a sender name and the mail server address.
6 To test notifications, select an address and click Send Test Notification.
Step 13: (Optional) Assign Folders to Storage Pools
If you want to force specific files to be stored in a specific storage pool of a volume,
create a folder with an affinity for that storage pool. Then, files that users put in the
folder are stored only on that storage pool.
1 In Xsan Admin, select a volume in the SAN Components list and click Start Volume.
2 With the volume still selected, click Clients.
3 Select the controller you’re connected to and click Mount Read & Write.
4 Click Affinities.
5 Select the volume the folder will appear on (in the center list, not the list on the left)
and click the Add (+) button next to the list.
6 In the dialog that appears, type a name for the folder, choose the storage pool where
the folder (and all files placed in it) will be stored, and click OK.
If the storage pool you want to use is not listed in the Storage Pool Affinity pop-up
menu, it might not be set to allow user data with affinities. To check, select the SAN in
the SAN Components list on the left, click Setup, and click Storage. Then select the
storage pool, click the Edit button, and check which data types are enabled next to
Use For.
7 Select the new folder and set permissions (below the list).
To change the owner or group, click the Add (+) button and drag a user or group from
the drawer that appears. If users and groups you expect to see are not listed in the
drawer, open Directory Access (in /Applications/Utilities) and make sure you are using
the correct directory for authentication.
8 Click Save.
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