User Guide

86 Appendix B Using the Command Line
cvadmin Commands
cvadmin command Description
activate [volume|index] Choose the “active” volume that you want to work
with interactively.
volume
– the name of the volume
index
– the numeric ID of the volume (to see a list of
these, use the cvadmin select command without
any parameters)
disable pool
[read|write] Prevent read or write access to a storage pool.
pool
– the name of a storage pool in the currently
active volume.
disks [refresh] List LUNs.
down pool
Disallow all access to a storage pool.
enable pool
[read|write] Allow read or write access to a storage pool.
fail (volume
|index) Cause a volume to fail over to a standby controller.
volume
– the name of the volume
index
– the numeric ID of the volume (to see a list of
these, use the cvadmin select command without
any parameters)
filelocks [yes|no] Enable or disable file and record locks. Use the
command without any parameter to see the current
setting for locks.
multipath pool
(rotate|static) Specify how Xsan uses multiple paths to a storage
pool.
paths List available LUNs.
quit Exit from cvadmin.
quotas [yes|no] Enable or disable quotas for the active (selected)
volume. Use the command without any parameters to
see the current setting for quotas.
quotas get (user|group) name
Display current quota information for a user or group.
name
– the name of the user or group
quotas set (user|group) name
hard
soft grace
Set quotas for user or group name.
name
– the name of the user or group
hard
– hard quota (bytes)
soft
– soft quota (bytes)
grace
– grace period (minutes)
quotacheck Recalculate quota information for the active volume.
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