Xsan 2 Administrator Guide - Xsan Commands

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Xsan Commands

Xsan includes these command-line tools:

Tool

Description

cvadmin

View or change volume and storage pool
settings; see page 111

cvaffinity

Manipulate affinity tags manually; see (page 114

cvcp

Copy files or folders; see page 115

cvfsck

Check or repair a volume; see page 116

cvlabel

View, label, and initialize LUNs; see page 116

cvmkdir

Create a folder and assign an affinity; see page 117

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Appendix B

Using the Command Line

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Tool

Description

cvmkfile

Create and preallocate a file; see page 118

cvmkfs

Initialize a volume; see page 119

cvupdatefs

Apply volume setup changes; see page 119

snfsdefrag

Defragment a volume; see page 119

xsanctl

Mount and unmount Xsan volumes; see page 121