Setting up Xsan is easier than ever, in OS X Mavericks. This guide takes you through many of the basic tasks of Xsan management, including the initial setup as well as long term management.
Planning and Preparing for Xsan
- Preparing for Xsan
- What is MultiSAN?
- Use Rorke Storage With Xsan
- Promise RAID Command Line Arguments
- Using the Qlogic Command Line
- Configure DNS for Xsan (this is Mountain Lion but basically the same in Mavericks)
Install Xsan
- Install OS X Mavericks Server
- Install Xsan on OS X Mavericks Server
- Create a Volume
- Adding Client Computers
- Choose Block Sizes
Manage Xsan
- Changing Metadata Network Interfaces
- Xsan: Stripe Group Down Errors
- Using cvadmin
- Enable Debug Logging in Xsan
- Correct MDSPeerCreate Errors in Xsan
- Restart Metadata Services With LaunchCtl
- Fixing Invisible Volumes
- Replace Xsan Metadata LUNs
- Remove LUN Labels
- Defragment an Xsan
- Isolating iNodes in Xsan cvfsck Output
- Uniq Xsan Logs
- Enable Spotlight for Xsan Volumes
- Disable Spotlight for Xsan Volumes
- SMB, Extended Attributes & Xsan
- serialnumberd Troubleshooting
- Resolve Ghost SymLinks in Xsan
- Xsan Terminal Commands
- Manage Xsan Clients With xsanctl
- dotclean and Extended Attributes on Xsan
- iostat on Mac OS X
- Xsan File Locking with Bridgeheads
- AFP, Xsan, Failover & Tokens
- Backing up Configuration Information
- Xsan, the umask and Default Permissions
Using StorNext with Xsan
- Install Windows StorNext Clients
- Bind Linux (RHEL) to Open Directory
- Install Linux (RHEL) StorNext Clients
- Troubleshooting StorNext Mounts in Linux
- Remove StorNext on Linux (RHEL)
- Configure Xsan Clients for StorNext Environments
- Debug Logging in StorNext
- StorNext Command Line for Windows
Miscellaneous
- The Future of Xsan Configuration Files
- Domain TLDs Not To Use
- Xsan Mass Deployment: Kickstarting ARD
- Xsan Mass Deployment: Scripting Network and Metadata Network Configurations
- Xsan Mass Deployment: Scripting Fibre Configurations
- Disable and Remove .DS_Store Files
- Uninstalling and Reinstalling Xsan (10.6 and below)
- Graphically Viewing Xsan Utilization
- Reset a Qlogic Password
Retired
- Using Removable Media With Xsan
- Xserve RAID Performance Settings
- Xsan 2: No Limits (kinda’)
- How to Use Xsan with iSCSI (don’t do this but feel free to do more research on it!)
- Xsan 2: Installation
- Dealing with Drive Failures with Xserve RAID
- Mounting a Volume for Xsan 1.x
- Uninstalling Xsan in 1.x