User guide
12 2 Appendix B Using the Command Line
For example:
$ sudo xsanctl mount SanVol
Unmounting an Xsan Volume
Use the xsanctl command to unmount an Xsan volume on a computer.
To unmount a volume:
1 Go to the computer and open Terminal, or use SSH to log in to the computer remotely:
$ ssh user@computer
2 Unmount the volume:
$ sudo xsanctl unmount volume
For example:
$ sudo xsanctl unmount SanVol
Viewing Logs
The system log to which Xsan writes information about SANs is in /var/log/system.log.
Volume logs are in /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/data/volume/log/cvlog, where volume is
the name of the specic volume.
Xsan Conguration Files
Xsan stores its conguration information in the following les.
Note: Don’t edit these les except under the direction of an Apple support engineer.
File or folder in /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/
cong/
Contents
volume.cfg Volume settings
volume-auxdata.plist Additional volume settings used by Xsan Admin
fsmlist Volume autostart list
fsnameservers Controller list
automount.plist Xsan volumes to be mounted during startup,
and their mount options
cong.plist Private Xsan Admin conguration information
notications.plist Notication settings made with Xsan Admin
notes/ Note les whose contents were entered in Xsan
Admin’s Inspector window
uuid Private Xsan Admin computer identication
information