Apple today released Xsan Filesystem 1.2 for Mac OS X 10.4 which delivers overall improved reliability for Xsan and is recommended for all systems running 10.4. It includes fixes for:
– improving AFP performance when resharing Xsan volumes
– more accurate file permissions when sharing Xsan volumes via AFP
– accessing Xsan volumes larger than 16 terabyte in size
– greater server stability when resharing Xsan volumes via NFS
– handling quotas with no associated user or group name
– maintaining access to Xsan volumes when metadata controller failovers occur
– providing metadata controller services to 10.3.9 and 10.4 systems running Xsan 1.2
– operating Xsan in environments with a mix of 10.3.9 and 10.4 systems
More info and download link for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users here.
More info and download link for Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther users here.
Apple also released Xsan Admin 1.2 Update which delivers overall improved reliability for remotely administering, configuring and maintaining Xsan deployments. It includes fixes for:
– working with multiple Xsan metadata controllers in a heterogeneous environment
– labeling Fibre Channel LUNs and creating new Xsan volumes
– displaying progress messages while performing lengthy operations
– preventing manually modified configuration settings from being overwritten during a save
– accurately reporting Fibre Channel multipathing errors
More info and download link here.
Apple also released Xsan 1.2 Uninstaller which will remove Xsan from your computer. It will also remove the Xsan Admin application and documentation files. Before removing Xsan, you should back up all of your data and volumes. To remove Xsan, unmount all active Xsan volumes and click Continue.
More info and download link here.
