When setting up an Xsan volume, what must you do if you have Windows clients who are going to need access to the volume?
If you have Windows clients, choose an ID mapping method. Note: To use ID mapping, Windows clients must be running…
Terminal: How to run a Mac OS X package installer on a remote computer
ssh to the remote machine sudo installer -pkg /tmp/Install_Package_Name.mpkg -target / Or, if you want to watch the progress of…
Terminal: how to copy something to a remote computer
scp -r /Volumes/MyVolume/Install_Package_Name.mpkg user@remotehost:/tmp/ this will put the package into the /tmp folder on the remote machine
When setting up a LUN that is larger than 2 terabytes, what must you keep in mind about legacy compatibility?
If you set up a LUN that is larger than 2 terabytes (TB), be aware that older clients (those running…
When configuring Xsan, If you create users and groups individually on each SAN computer without using a directory service (like Open Directory), what must you do?
If you create users and groups individually on each SAN computer, be sure that each user or group name is…
Describe how to estimate metadata and Journal Data Storage Needs based on the number of files on a volume
To estimate the amount of space required for Xsan volume metadata, assume that 10 million files on a volume require…
What are Xsan 1.4 hardware requirements
Systems – Macintosh computers with an Intel or PowerPC G5 processor Memory – Clients should have a minimum of 256…
maximum length for storage pool name (on an Xsan volume)
255 characters
maximum SAN name length
255 characters