FYI - Xsan 1.4.2 fixes acfsMounter script

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FYI - Xsan 1.4.2 fixes acfsMounter script

For those of you who have StorNext MDCs and use the acfsMounter script to mount volumes it appears that Xsan 1.4.2 now uses the automount.plist file in /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config.

Unfortunately they don't include the automount.plist example file so here is the code. Just replace the volume-name with your own.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>volume-name</key>
<dict>
<key>AutoMount</key>
<string>rw</string>
<key>MountOptions</key>
<dict/>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Posted on Dec 4, 2007 3:59 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 4, 2008 5:36 PM in response to TGABTG

Thank you for posting this fix. This really helped me today.

-DG

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Answer 2

Jan 13, 2008 9:51 PM in response to TGABTG

Hello TGABTG, your information was perfect! Anton directed me to your entry and I built that "automount.plist" and it all worked great! Thanks!

We have 23 MacPro 8cores, most are connected fibre to StorNext/HP "san".

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Answer 3

Jan 14, 2008 6:05 AM in response to TGABTG

Thanks for posting. However, without the automount.plist the acfsMounter script works and when setup properly it mounts all volumes that need to mounted. Exactly what benefits from using automount.plist in stead of acfsMounter?

If I want to use the automount.plist, do I need to trash the acfsMounter folder from the StartupItems folder?

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Answer 4

Jan 17, 2008 5:57 AM in response to TGABTG

Hi,
I have worked with this for a while, and found out that the part with:

<key>volume-name</key>
<dict>
<key>AutoMount</key>
<string>rw</string>
<key>MountOptions</key>
<dict/>
<dict/>

might appear zero or more times. Some systems of me gets no default volumes mounted while others get 5. This can nicely be build this way.

An empty one looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" >" http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd ">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Maybe this is valuable to someone.
Donald

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Answer 5

TGABTG Author

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Jan 17, 2008 10:11 AM in response to Paul de Ruiter

This is for Xsan 1.4.2 with StorNext Metadata Controllers.

If your acfsmounter is working then you are probably not on Xsan 1.4.2

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Answer 6

Jan 24, 2008 2:37 AM in response to Donald Kok

Hi

I would like to use this script, but am still not experienced in this kind of scrips and the concequences of implementing them.
After update this client to Xsan 1.4.2. Xsan asks for automount.plist, like the expamle given.
I would like to mount my 3 volumes with this scipt. (eg vol1 to vol3) but I do not understand how it works. I try'd a emty playlist, but this results in a major kernel panic.and crash of xsan client

Robbert

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Answer 7

Jan 24, 2008 4:11 AM in response to Robbert Fin

The automount.plist should be right, or you will have a kernel panic indeed!
You do not have to restart acfs or whatever though. Modifying the file is implementing it.

Here is an example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" >" http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd ">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>vol1</key>
<dict>
<key>AutoMount</key>
<string>rw</string>
<key>MountOptions</key>
<dict/>
</dict>
<key>vol2</key>
<dict>
<key>AutoMount</key>
<string>rw</string>
<key>MountOptions</key>
<dict/>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

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Answer 8

Jan 25, 2008 3:11 AM in response to TGABTG

I do AM on 1.4.2 and acfsMounter is working. However, the system kept on trying to read automount.plist, which simply wasn't there. I edited it with Apple's plist editor, copied it to the Xsan config directory, removed the acfsMounter stuff, rebooted the machine et voila.

Thanks for all the info guys!

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Answer 9

Feb 12, 2008 3:54 PM in response to TMZ Tech Mgr

Hey TGABTG, this is ROMTMZ, I'm using TMZ Tech Mgr. Here's my question. Do we need any of the "StartupItems", "acfs" and "acfsMounter" files/folders? Or do we only need "automounter.plist" with XSan 1.4.2?

Also, how do I mount to "Volume/san"?

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Answer 10

Feb 13, 2008 9:30 AM in response to TGABTG

Could someone please explain the arguments "rw" for me and what their purpose is under the AutoMount key?

I am trying to not only mount my san under the /Volumes folder, but I am trying to make a softlink to /san which would be directly under the root.

I'm trying to find a dictionary for arguments used in a plist such as this but I'm having trouble.

Any light would be apprecited.

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Answer 11

Feb 13, 2008 11:41 PM in response to Liquidmurr

explain the arguments "rw"

rw stands for read and write. With this you allow reading and writing the moutpoint. You could narrow this to "r" which disallows writing to the mount.

For the other question, please make a new thread. It is an interresting question which deserves full attention of the forum users.
Regards
Donald

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Answer 12

Feb 14, 2008 1:17 AM in response to TGABTG

Created automount.plist file as given above, but a volume hosted by StorNext MDC is not being mounted automatically on Xsan client machine.
While, this volume is mounted manually.

StorNext version(MDC) is 3.2
Xsan client machine : OS 10.5, Xsan 1.4.2

Is there anyone who has trouble in auto-mounting StorNext volume on Xsan client?

Thanks!

Steve

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Answer 13

Feb 14, 2008 2:32 AM in response to Steve Shim

Is the MDC in the fsnameservers file?

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Answer 14

Feb 17, 2008 6:48 PM in response to Donald Kok

I'm sorry, but I can't understand what you are asking.
Do you mean if fsnameservers file exists in config folder of Mac client?
If so, sure fsnameservers file containing MDC's IP do exist in config folder.

Thanks!

Steve

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Answer 15

Feb 17, 2008 11:51 PM in response to Steve Shim

Yes, that was exactly want I meant.
On each client you need to have the IP of each MDC in the fsnameservers file. Behind the IP the priority should be mentioned. 0 for PMDC, 1 for SMDC. example:

10.0.0.1 0
10.0.0.2 1
10.0.0.3 0
10.0.0.4 1

The odd IP's are the Secondaire MDC's, the even IP's are the Primairy's.

Hope this helps.

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