User Guide

84 Appendix B Using the Command Line
If you get the response “No manual entry for...” when you try to view a man page,
add the Xsan man pages directory /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man to your man
search path. One way to do this is to add the following line to the file
/etc/manpath.config on your computer:
OPTIONAL_MANPATH /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man
Notation Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout the command descriptions.
The Commands
Xsan includes the following command-line tools:
Notation Indicates
monospaced font A command or other terminal text
$ A shell prompt
[text_in_brackets] An optional parameter
(one|other) Alternative parameters (type one or the other)
underlined
A parameter you must replace with a value
[...] A parameter that may be repeated
<anglebrackets> A displayed value that depends on your SAN configuration
Command Description
cvadmin View or change volume and storage pool settings (page 85)
cvcp Copy files or folders (page 88)
cvfsck Check or repair a volume (page 89)
cvlabel View, label, and initialize LUNs (page 90)
cvmkdir Create a folder with an affinity (page 91)
cvmkfile Create and pre-allocate a file (page 91)
cvmkfs Initialize a volume (page 92)
cvsginfo View storage pool information (page 92)
cvupdatefs Apply volume setup changes (page 92)
fsm Start a volume controller process (page 93)
fsmpm Start a port mapper process (page 93)
snfsdefrag Defragment a volume (page 93)
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