Download Xsan 2 Administrator Guide

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.
View the man pages
Detailed documentation for Xsan command-line utilities is available in UNIX-style man
pages. A command’s man page includes information about the command, its options,
parameters, and proper use. The man pages for Xsan commands are located in
/System/Library/Filesystems/acfs.fs/Contents/man/.
To view a man page, enter:
$ man command
Replace command with the command you want information about.
Notation conventions
These conventions are used throughout the command descriptions:
Notation
Indicates
fixed-width font
A command or other text entered in a Terminal
window
$
A shell prompt
[text_in_brackets]
An optional parameter
(one|other)
Alternative parameters (enter one or the other)
italicized
A parameter you must replace with a value
[...]
A parameter that can be repeated
<angle_brackets>
A displayed value that depends on your SAN
configuration
Install Xsan from the command line
Xsan is installed with Mac OS X Lion and Lion Server. You don’t install Xsan separately
on computers with Lion or Lion Server.
You can install Xsan on SAN client computers that have Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server
version 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Install Xsan from the command line:
1 On a SAN client computer that has Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.6, insert the Xsan
Install Disc.
2 Open the Terminal app (in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder).
3 Enter one of these commands to install the components:
Appendix C    Use command-line tools
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