Checking the Integrity of a Volume
If SAN users have trouble accessing files, use the
cvfsck
command to check the
integrity of a volume, its metadata, and its files.
To check a volume:
1
Open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities/).
2
If you aren’t working at the SAN controller computer, use SSH to log in to the controller
remotely:
$ ssh user@computer
Replace
user
with the name of an administrator user on the controller computer and
computer
with the controller’s name or IP address.
3
Run the
cvfsck
command-line utility (in /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/bin/) to check the
volume without making repairs:
$ sudo cvfsck -vn volume
You’ll see a warning that the journal is active; this is normal.
For more information about this command, see the
cvfsck
man page.