Installing Xsan from the Command Line
To install Xsan from the command line:
1
Insert the Xsan Install Disc.
2
Open the Terminal application (in /Applications/Utilities/).
3
Enter one of these commands to install the components:
To install the Xsan file system and Xsan Admin application, enter:
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$ sudo installer -pkg /volumes/Xsan\ Install\ Disc/Install\ Xsan.mpkg
-target /
To install only the Xsan Admin application, enter:
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$ sudo installer -pkg /volumes/Xsan\ Install\ Disc/Install\
XsanAdminApp.pkg/ -target /
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Appendix B
Using the Command Line
To install Xsan on a computer that has no keyboard or monitor:
1
Log in to a computer that has a keyboard and monitor, and then insert the Xsan Install
Disc.
2
Open the Terminal application (in /Applications/Utilities/).
3
In Terminal, copy the Xsan installer package to the remote computer:
$ scp -r /Volumes/Xsan\ Install\ Disc/Install\ Xsan.mpkg user@
remotehost
:/tmp/
Replace
user
with the name of an administrator user on the remote computer and
remotehost
with the IP address or DNS name of the computer you want to install on.
To install only the Xsan Admin application, enter:
$ scp -r /Volumes/Xsan\ Install\ Disc/Other\ Installs/XsanAdmin.mpkg/
user
@remotehost:/tmp/
4
Log in to the remote computer:
$ ssh user@remotehost
Replace
user
and
remotehost
with the same information as in the previous step.
5
Run the installer on the headless computer:
To install the Xsan file system and Xsan Admin application, enter:
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$ sudo installer -pkg /tmp/Install\ Xsan.mpkg -target /
To install only the Xsan Admin application, enter:
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$ sudo installer -pkg /tmp/Install\ Xsan.mpkg/Contents/Installers/
XsanAdminApp.pkg/ -target /
To monitor the installation, add the
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-verbose
parameter:
$ sudo installer -verbose -pkg /tmp/Install\ Xsan.mpkg -target /