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- Managing Users and Groups with Xsan Admin
Xsan 2 Administrator Guide - Managing Users and Groups with Xsan Admin
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- Xsan 2 Administrator Guide
- Contents
- Preface: About This Book
- Chapter 1: Overview of Xsan
- Chapter 2: Planning a Storage Area Network
- Chapter 3: Setting Up a Storage Area Network
- Connecting Computers and Storage Devices
- Preparing LUNs
- Using Server Assistant to Configure Controllers
- Using Xsan Admin
- SAN and Volume Setup Summary
- Setting Up an Xsan Volume on a SAN
- Step 1: Set Up the Fibre Channel Network
- Step 2: Set Up the Ethernet Networks
- Step 3: Configure SAN Computers to Use a Time Server
- Step 4: Set Up SAN Users and Groups
- Step 5: Set Up RAID Systems
- Step 6: Create a Metadata Array
- Step 7: Install Xsan Software on Clients and Controllers
- Step 8: Configure the SAN
- Step 9: Create a Volume
- Step 10: (Optional) Set Up SAN Status Notifications
- Step 11: (Optional) Assign Folders to Affinity Tags
- Step 12: (Optional) Set User and Group Quotas
- Setting Up an Xsan Administrator Computer
- Renaming a SAN
- Removing a SAN
- Managing Multiple SANs
- Setting Up Additional SANs
- Chapter 4: Managing SAN Storage
- Adding Storage
- Setting Up a Folder Affinity
- Changing a Folder’s Storage Pool Affinity
- Removing an Affinity
- Changing Advanced Volume Settings
- Renaming a Volume
- Changing Storage Pool Settings
- Checking Volume Fragmentation
- Defragmenting a Volume
- Checking the Integrity of a Volume
- Checking RAID Devices
- Repairing a Volume
- Destroying a Volume
- Chapter 5: Managing Clients and Users
- Adding a Client
- Adding an Xsan Serial Number
- Moving a Client to Another SAN
- Mounting a Volume on a Client
- Managing Users and Groups
- Controlling Client and User Access
- Setting SAN User and Group Quotas
- Checking User Quota Status
- Helping Users Check Quotas
- Creating Local Home Folders for Network Accounts
- Managing Client Computers Remotely
- Chapter 6: Managing Metadata Controllers
- Adding a Metadata Controller
- Setting Controller Failover Priority
- Switching to a Standby Controller
- Finding Out Which Controller Is Hosting a Volume
- Listing the Volumes Hosted by a Controller
- Changing a Controller’s IP Address
- Converting a Controller to a Client
- Accessing Controller Computers Remotely
- Monitoring Controller Status
- Chapter 7: Monitoring SAN Status
- Chapter 8: Solving SAN Problems
- If You Can’t Connect to a Computer Using Xsan Admin
- If You Can’t Install the Xsan Software
- If Computers Aren’t Listed in Xsan Admin
- If You Can’t Mount a Volume on a Client
- If You Can’t Unmount a Volume on a Client
- If RAID LUNs Aren’t Accessible over Fibre Channel
- If You Have Problems Using Command-Line Tools
- If a LUN Doesn’t Have as Much Space as Expected
- If You Can’t Rename an Xsan Volume in the Finder
- If You Can’t Add a Storage Pool
- If Fibre Channel Performance Is Poorer Than Expected
- If a Client Can’t Use a Volume After a Fibre Channel Interruption
- If You Can’t Add LUNs to a Storage Pool
- If the Capacity of a Larger LUN is Listed as 2 Terabytes
- If File Copying Doesn’t Finish
- If a Volume Unexpectedly Restarts
- Appendix A: Combining Xsan Controllers and StorNext Clients
- Appendix B: Using the Command Line
- Using Shell Commands
- Notation Conventions
- Installing Xsan from the Command Line
- Xsan Commands
- Viewing or Changing Volume and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)
- Manipulating Affinity Tags (cvaffinity)
- Copying Files or Folders (cvcp)
- Checking or Repairing a Volume (cvfsck)
- Labeling, Listing, and Unlabeling LUNs (cvlabel)
- Creating a Folder and Assigning an Affinity (cvmkdir)
- Creating and Preallocating a File (cvmkfile)
- Initializing a Volume (cvmkfs)
- Applying Volume Configuration Changes (cvupdatefs)
- Defragmenting a File, Folder, or Volume (snfsdefrag)
- Controlling the Xsan File System (xsanctl)
- Mounting an Xsan Volume
- Unmounting an Xsan Volume
- Viewing Logs
- Xsan Configuration Files
- Glossary
- Index
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