• Xsan

    Xsan: Backing up the Configuration

    cvgather is a tool that can be used to “gather” up all the relevant information (cfg files, etc) on your Xsan and back them up to a specified location.  Any time you will be fussing around with the SAN, etc. then you should run this first.  Additionally the copy of the config files can provide you with an escape clause with regard to certain issues that could cause the volume to get destroyed so I would have a copy of all your info on a location other than the SAN at all times anyway.  This isn’t to say that cvgather will actually back the SAN itself up.  It very specifically…

  • Xsan

    Xsan: cvgather

    cvgather is a command in Xsan, located in the /Library/FileSystems/Xsan/bin folder that allows you to “gather”up all the relevant configuration information for your Xsan environment and save them into a compressed file.  Use it, love it, even script around it as it could get you out of some serious issues if you find yourself in them.