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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:41:53 EDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:37:08 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[FCS Remover is a great way to start new as well...]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[FCS Remover app, available here, is a great way to remove either Final Cut Studio or Final Cut Server in order to avoid reimaging a machine.  It grabs all related libraries, frameworks and other barnacles.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:30:38 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Reinstalling Compressor/Qmaster on a running Final Cut Server]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple has issued Pro Applications Update 2008-003, which updates both Compressor and Qmaster to 3.0.4.However, some of our clients were reporting more qmaster unresponsiveness than before the update, sometimes rendering qmaster irreparably unresponsive (say that three times fast).Below then is a script that can completely wipe your install of Qmaster/Compressor. You can then reinstall from scratch the AppleQmasterNode.mpkg from the Final Cut Server installation disk, and then use Software Update to get it back to 3.0.4.  All this without disturbing a running Final Cut Server. (Obviously, qmaster processes will fail during the reinstall, but if you're at this juncture, your qmaster is probably not working anyway.)]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:03:13 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Apple posts MultiSAN Knowledge Base article]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple has posted a tutorial for configuring MultiSAN (with pictures!).The tutorial has even solved one of confounding questions of our time, &quot;What is MultiSAN?&quot; To quote from the article:What is MultiSAN? MultiSAN is a configuration in which any given MDC may host Xsan volumes that are not necessarily hosted by other MDCs. So Volume 1 is hosted by MDC-A and MDC-B, and Volume 2 is hosted by MDC-C and MDC-D.For the record, I'll quibble with one detail in the article:Fibre channel switch: All MDCs, Xsan clients and storage devices should be configured to communicate in the same hard zone or orphan zone or should not reside in zone.I think that Bulletproof Zoning, will still work, where all the storage is in a single alias. The important detail to note is that you can't zone out some of the storage from some of the clients with MultiSAN, — every client and MDC must see all the storage. But the clients shouldn't need to see each other.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:02:30 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Final Cut Server Fix]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple released the Pro Apps Update 2008-03.  This supposedly fixes our Qmaster/Compressor issues that have been plaguing Final Cut Server 1.1.  Use Software Update to get it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:58:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsan Admin MDCs not showing up]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Here's another gem of info... (OS 10.4.11 / XSAN 1.4.2)

A client recently changed all MDCs and clients' metadata connections from EN1 to EN0.

Afterwards, only the clients showed up in Xsan admin.
No MDCs ...?


The Fix:
On each MDC, the &amp;quot;/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/Config/role.plist&amp;quot; file must be edited to reflect the new ethernet port. This is not neccessary on the client side.

Also, until this is changed, you cannot add another mdc, or change the role of any client to an MDC.

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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:47:42 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Integrating Final Cut Server with a web approval system]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Final Cut Server is a fine asset management system. Its real promise, though, lurks within its system for watching for arbitrary events and triggering actions. At WWDC this June, Apple wowed a few hundred people with a demonstration of this capability. Apple has now released the code and documentation of this demo.Download the documentation and code in the &quot;Web-Based Review &amp;amp; Approval&quot; section of the Final Cut Server Resources page.Here's the demo, in short. Using the FCS Client, click an asset's &quot;Send to Web for Review&quot; checkbox. This triggers FCS to compress and export a version of the movie, then add a record to an external database. A Ruby-on-Rails app reads the database and displays the movie in a web page for approval. Once approved, the Rails app sends XML to a drop folder, which is read by FCS, recording approval and completing the round trip.It is a bit of work to get it working, but the demo touches all facets of FCS. It's a great eduction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:31:01 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Necessary Zoning Changes with the QLogic 9000 Series FC Switch]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I've now had a enough opportunities to work with Qlogic 9000 series switches and Xsan to know that there are major snags with these switches that the integrator community should be aware of.For those of us who have worked with Qlogic's 5000 series of stackable switches, we have taken for granted two features on these switches that are turned on by default.First, 5000 series switches are set to Soft Zoning by default.  This allows a large number of ports or WWNs to be grouped together without any issue.  In large stacks of 5 switches, this means that putting all 96 ports into one zone isn't a problem.  Soft Zoning is defined as a &quot;virtual zone,&quot; which encourages entities to see just themselves, but does not limit them from contacting other entities if they know of their whereabouts in the fabric.  Think of it as a zone made out of waist-high stanchions: the entities are focused on each other, but if they were aware of other entities before the stanchions were placed around them, they can still contact those other entities.  That is why, after rezoning on 5000 series switches, we always need to reboot the storage and computers so that they &quot;forget&quot; about the entities that they knew about before the establishment of the zone.Second, 5000 series switches have a default zone.  The default zone simply states that if no zones exist, then all ports see each other in one large zone.  Soft zoning and default zones go hand in hand because, again, soft zones allow a large number of entities.9000 series switches have neither of these features on by default.  Read the rest of this article to fix this.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:18:46 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Updated Promise VTrak E &amp;amp; J-Class Quick Start Guide (Now with more Mac-ocity!)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Promise has released a new Apple-specific Quick Start Guide for their VTrak E &amp;amp; J-Class units. This QSG is more tailored to Mac environments -- and should be an improvement over -- the previous QSG which has been shipping with the units.Be sure to check out our Promise Storage Forum for some excellent community discussion on these units.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:29:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Reinstalling the Java Client for FC Server]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Here's how to reliably reinstall the Java Client on a Mac.Delete the Java Applet, usually found on the Desktop. (Sometimes an end-user has placed this in their Applications folder.)Delete the following folders (directories):~/Library/Caches/Java/~/Library/Caches/com.apple.finalcutserver/Delete the following file:~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finalcutserver.plist(Note: ~ means the user's home folder, ie. /Users/&amp;lt;username&amp;gt;)Now, go back to the URL of your Final Cut Server box:http://&amp;lt;ip or domain here&amp;gt;/finalcutserver...and the reinstall should go well.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:42:26 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Final Cut Server 1.1]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I was on a short vacation last week, so I missed Apple's first update to Final Cut Server. Note that both the server and clients must be updated to QuickTime 7.5 before this release. If you are using Final Cut Pro, you must update to Pro Applications Update 2008-02 as well. There have been significant changes to how FCS handles FCP projects, so all cataloged FCP projects should be reanalyzed by the FCS administrator after upgrading.As a nice change, Apple has published release notes for Final Cut Server.Final Cut Pro project files are now delivered as binary XML files on checkout, which is one bit better than text.Checked-out FCP projects can now be returned with additional media, and that media will be added to Final Cut Server automatically. (Other apps, such as Motion or Soundtrack Pro, need to have additional media added manually.)FCS no longer eats double-byte metadata, so you CJK users can type away.Please discuss in the FCS 1.1 forum thread begun by djdan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:39:35 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Promise Technology support comes to Xsanity; Vtrak controller replacement]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We're happy to announce that Eric Cardinale, Promise Technology's Apple support specialist, is in the house.Eric has offered to help out with Xsanity's new Vtrak storage forum, answering any questions about Promise's RAID products for Mac &amp;amp; Xsan. (He especially likes the kinds of questions known as &quot;pre-sales&quot;.) I've already consolidated some of our recent Promise questions into the new forum, so please head over and welcome Eric to our community.Relatedly, Apple has posted recommended procedures for replacing a Vtrak controller. These aren't hot-swappable, so you may want to bookmark the link.[Update: Maybe I should read the articles I link to? Of course they are hot-swappable.]]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:32:52 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[StorNext FX 2]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I missed the news by a few weeks, but last month Quantum released StorNext FX 2, their Windows, Unix, and Linux client for Xsan-hosted SANs. The update brings bug fixes, Windows Vista compatibility, and support for 64-bit operating systems. It is a free upgrade from previous versions. Apple's migration guide says that yesterday's Xsan 2.1 update is supported, too.More information can be found on the SNFX Support Site. Quantum handles requests for software updates online.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:54:06 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[The Apple KB feed is back]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We've brought back the list of the latest Apple Xsan Knowledge Base articles. You'll find it in the right column on our home page. The list is just an RSS feed from Apple.We're having some trouble finding a similar feed for Final Cut Server articles. Any clues?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:37:24 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsan 2.1 released]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple has released Xsan 2.1, and Xsan Admin 2.1. According to Apple, changes include:Easier methods of changing computers' roles within the SANAble to remove clients from SAN in situations in which the controller may be offlineCorrected an issue which could cause users and groups to not be shown when primary controller is offlineBetter visual indications for truncated LUN sizesImproved Assistant warnings and size indicators when creating or expanding a volumeImproved SAN health indicators[Update: I fixed the Admin app link. And here's a link to the Xsan 2.1 Uninstaller.]]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:00:38 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsan Migration Guide for Xsan 2.1]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple has released a new version of the Xsan Migration Guide. The new version includes information relating to Xsan 2.1, which we expect to be released promptly.It appears that Xsan 2.1 now gives feedback when upgrading Xsan 1 volumes. This should help avoid the confusion that many users have faced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:10:07 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[WWDC Drinks TONIGHT at the Tunnel Top]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A reminder that our annual Xsanity get-together will be held tonight, Tuesday June 10, at 7:30 at the Tunnel Top, 601 Bush Street. From the Apple Store just walk up Stockton 5 blocks. (Map)All Xsan users, administrators, developers, and Final Cut Server folks too are most welcome. Drinks are on Tekserve, an Apple Specialist in New York City (and my employer!)]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:30:40 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[I'm stuck on a plane, so you get a new logo]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I've been stuck on a Jet Blue flight, on the ground at JFK, for 4½ hours. We've already run out of fuel. But there's lightning here, so we can't get off the plane.But I do have EVDO, so you get the new logo. The not-quite-assembled Xsan balls, now with Final Cut Server colors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:29:20 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Retrieving the full log from a QLogic switch]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[To read the logfile of a qlogic switch, we need to start the GUI, contact the right switch and go to the event log. Still, not all messages from the switch make it to this event log.To get the real log from the command line, you need to access the switch both through telnet/ssh and ftp, as described in the QLogic Fibre Channel Switch Event Message Guide which is also on your QLogic CD.The following Perl script does the latter, and makes the logfiles of all your switches readable from the console application on your desktop.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:27:47 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Integrating Xsan 2 clients in StorNext 3.1 environment]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[While the technique is obvious, I haven't seen it written down anywhere, so here is the procedure.Assuming the Stornext environment is setup and the Mac Clients are connected to the ethernet and fibre networks, here are the steps:[Update June 10, 2008: I corrected the config.plist.]]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:01:59 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Drinks at WWDC]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I missed you guys at Macworld, let's do WWDC! And this time around, we welcome the FCS guys too.We'll pick an evening -- Wednesday maybe? -- and gather at the regular joint, the Tunnel Top, 601 Bush Street. From the Apple Store just walk up Stockton 5 blocks. (Map)Please shoot me a message if you think you can come. Expect to pay for your own drinks, but a sponsor may come through yet![Update 1: AFP548 has their party on Wednesday, so let's pick another night.][Update 2: Looks like TUESDAY is the night. Let's call it for 7:30.]]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:39:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Apple Ships Final(ly) Cut Server]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple announced this morning that Final Cut Server, its &quot;powerful media asset management and workflow automation software for video and film production,&quot; is shipping. Availability comes just under a year since the product's original announcement, and just a week before the broadcast industry's NAB expo in Las Vegas.FeaturesFCS is perhaps the most complex product Apple has ever shipped. (Xsan may be worse :-) Here's the (editorialized) bullet list:Asset cataloging of video, FCP project files, Soundtrack Pro files, DVD Studio Pro files (you get the picture), PDF &amp;amp; stills, iWork, Keynote, and just about any other type of file you can throw at it. (Hey, it's just an index.)FCS's index only stores proxies, so source files need to live on real storage. That storage can be anything the FCS server can reach: Xsan, NAS, file servers, and even FireWire drives. But faster the storage (ahem!) the better.Project check-in and check-out, with version control, to assist multiple collaborators on a single project. Check-out can be to a mobile environment, and FCS will copy all related media. (And it will do the right thing on check-in, too.)Compressor is incorporated, so all that random video footage can be automatically converted into the house codec.Simple or complicated workflows, to &quot;move&quot; projects from one user to another as tasks are completed. These workflows can trigger Compressor scripts, transcoding video as required (for final output &amp;amp; delivery, for example).Requirements Read these carefully. We'll update this list as we learn more.The FCS server must be a Mac G5 1.8GHz or faster and OS X 10.5. No on-board graphics, so no MacBooks or minis. Xserves are OK, you just need to have a monitor or plug in an adapter dongle during installation, to wake up the graphics card. You can unplug later.Mac clients can be G4s or faster, but use OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5. Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 is required for FCP integration.Windows clients (yes, it works there too) must be XP2 or worse. Some new version of Java is required.Resources Apple's product pageUser ManualAdmin GuideMatt's new book!What we thinkWe've had quite a few discussions about FCS over the last year. We've had our share of cynicism, too. And we think that, used in a professional setup, Final Cut Server is going to make a huge impact on the video production world. But, like Xsan, it's going to be a huge headache for those who try to take shortcuts.Also, like Xsan, we think Apple's going to do a great job marketing a powerful solution to a new market. But folks will need experienced help. And with FCS, setup is everything.So, after weeks of consideration, both public and private, we've decided to begin building Xsanity into as reliable as resource for Final Cut Server as it is for Xsan. I invite you all to help with your articles, discussions, and wiki posts.Besides, it's about time we added some color to our logo.[Update:] the requirement for real graphics cards was an exaggeration.[Update 2:] maybe it wasn't an exaggeration. At least the server seems to require a real graphics card.[Update 3:] the correct requirements are now above. Only the server has a graphics card requirement, and it is not too strict.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:30:57 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsanity is 3!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sunday marked Xsanity's third birthday. We are up to 814 users (not counting spambots) and 103 blog posts. We'll hit 3,000 forum posts sometime this week. Particularly interesting for me is this: In March, we had visitors from 91 countries. Thanks to all of you for making us the premiere Xsan resource on the web.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:10:26 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[How do you feel about Final Cut Server?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm trying to gauge our community's overlap with the community-to-be of Final Cut Server users. Please help us out by answering this poll...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:19:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Looking at Xsan Volume Logs in the Console]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kudos to Eryk Vershen with Apple Pro Apps for this little gem... Searching the console is an invaluable tool when hunting down issues with your Xsan. However, one of the most telling logs, the volume log kept by the MDC, is not automatically searchable unless you direct the Console manually to look for it. All you have to do is create a symbolic link of the Xsan data folder, which contains the logs, and place it inside the general logs folder. It's done like this: ln -s /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/data /Library/Logs/XsanNote: this command will only work on MDCs, since they are the only keepers of the volume log. Further, they will keep volume logs during the time when they are actively controlling the volume. Now you can search the volume logs without having to tell the Console about them!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:50:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Relocating meta- and journal data to a new LUN]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[You may have a situation where a customer needs to move an existing metadata LUN to a new Raid LUN. The procedure below explains how this can be done. Note that in this case, the new LUN needs to be equal to the same size as the old one or bigger. More discussion relating to LUN size follows later. Please note that you should be very careful with techniques like these. Test everything thoroughly in a lab simulation before dealing with live systems.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:19:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[An example of disaster recovery using the cvfsb command in Xsan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The command cvfsdb in Xsan has not been discussed much. There is man page, but it is more of a placeholder than anything else.cvfsdb is mainly a debugging tool for Xsan volumes. It can normally be invoked in interactive mode as:cvfsdb &amp;lt;XsanvolumeName&amp;gt;Using the show subcommand with appropriate arguments within cvfsdb one can see a wealth of information about the Xsan volume. Here are some examples (assuming you are in a terminal on the metadata controller as root user):]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:54:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Free Xsan Monitoring with Nagios]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We were looking for a solution to monitor the apple and other equipment of our customers.  All our customers have heterogenous environments, so the Apple monitoring features were not an option. The customers wanted to have an overview over the whole equipment. We came across the open source network monitor Nagios.  You can monitor almost every piece of hardware with it, either by executing check scripts on a remote machine, or query the services directly from the Nagios server via snmp.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:47:19 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Recent Apple KB Articles: Xsan 2 &amp;amp; Promise Config Scripts]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple's been tweaking their support site again. Although I can find what you want pretty well, it's getting harder to browse...to find what I didn't yet know I wanted. (Apple, please give us an RSS feed of recent Xsan articles!)Here are the newest Xsan 2 articles:Xsan: Compatibility of SAN clients with Xsan and StorNext controllersXsan 2: Upgrading Xsan 1.4.2 to Xsan 2Xsan 2: Upgrading an Xsan 1.4.2 client to Xsan 2 results in an unusable clientXsan 2: Upgrading MDCs from Xsan 1.4.2 may result in unresponsive clientsXsan 2: Avoid logging into Xsan MDCs during high-load conditionsXsan 2: Progress meter doesn't move when expanding a volumeXsan 2: Spotlight may take an unusually long time to index Xsan volumesXsan 2: Clients cannot search volumes mounted before indexing was enabledXsan 2: Volumes unavailable after upgrading from Xsan 1.xA couple of Promise VTrak articles:Promise VTrak: Configuring for optimal performanceXsan 2: Integrating Promise VTrak RAIDs into an existing Xsan 2 deploymentAnd, quite interestingly, config scripts for Promise VTrak. It doesn't say so, but you probably don't want to use these if your VTrak already has data.Promise VTrak: RAID Head - Xsan (Metadata and Data) configuration scriptPromise VTrak: RAID Controllers - Xsan (Data Only) configuration scriptPromise VTrak: RAID Controllers and SAS-connected Expansion Chassis: Xsan (Metadata and Data) configuration scriptPromise VTrak: RAID Controllers and SAS-connected Expansion Chassis Xsan (Data Only) configuration scriptPromise VTrak: RAID Controllers - Direct Attached configuration scriptPromise VTrak: RAID Controllers and SAS-connected Expansion Chassis - Direct Attached configuration scriptPromise VTrak: SAS-connected Expansion Chassis Only: Xsan (Data Only) configuration script]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:22:18 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsan Certification Training Before or After NAB]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Going to Vegas for NAB? MacTEK Training is offering Xsan certification courses. Two sessions before and after NAB.Session One - April 11thSession Two - April 17th[Editor's Note:]These courses cost around &amp;#36;2,000. Training will be on Xsan 1.4.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:43:03 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsan training in Tokyo Feb 29th]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Feb 29th two Mac OS X Server related training sessions in Tokyo are available for sign-up. Please feel free to login and sign-up while seats are still available.http://applecert.org/AppleCert group is a non-profit association for engineers focusing on Macintosh and Apple technology integration. Our primary focus is to sustain a peer group of like-minded engineers to build their technical skills at an accelerated pace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:34:51 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Goodbye Xserve RAID.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As predicted here for some time, Apple has pulled the 2GB SFPs from Xserve RAID. The very popular storage debuted in February, 2003, at a wildly disruptive price, &amp;#36;11K for 2.5 TB. Unfortunately, Apple never allowed any major upgrades to the technology, and it was surpassed by units with active-active controllers, more drives, SATA &amp;amp; SAS, RAID 6, expansion chassis, and 4 GB fibre channel.Which pretty much describes Apple's new favorite storage, the Promise VTrak E-Class. (Note how the storage looks better on Apple's page than on the manufacturer's page...)More to come later, I'm sure. Please post your thoughts, condolences, and greetings in our forums!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:15:00 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Hello Xsan 2.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple this morning announced Xsan 2, the long-awaited upgrade to Xsan. I'll dig into more details soon, but here are the highlights:Xsan Admin has been completely rewritten for simplified setup and maintenanceSpotlight works for really quick searches. This is particularly useful due to the...Improvements in small file support. Xsan 2 is now marketed as useful for much more than video workflows. Specifically mentioned are storage for home directories, iCal Server clusters, mail clusters, and Podcast Producer clusters.MultiSAN, which simplifies the process for allowing a single Mac to attach to several MDCs at once.The Setup Guide and Administrators Guide are available now. The software should be available next week for &amp;#36;999.As for upgrade pricing, Apple says, &quot;What's an upgrade?&quot;[Update 1:] According to the admin guide, Xsan 2 Metadata controllers are compatible with the following clients: Xsan 2 (Mac OS X 10.5), Xsan 1.4.2 (Mac OS 10.4 or 10.5), and StorNext FX 1.4 or 2.0 (various). Previous versions are not compatible with Xsan 2 MDCs. An Xsan 2.0 client requires either an Xsan 2.0 MDC, or a StorNext FS 3.1 MDC.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:17:44 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Recent Apple Xsan-related info]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's been a while since we've posted here, so let's catch up with a few recent Apple KB articles on Xsan &amp;amp; the related universe...Xsan: Configuring for optimal performance (could be useful)Unmounted Xsan volume re-mounts automaticallyXsan: Synchronizing clocks is importantXsan: Clients may reduce number of available licenses when integrated with a StorNext networkXsan: How to automount StorNext volumesXsan, multimedia apps: Troubleshooting dropped frame issues (Silly)Xsan: Computer showing IPv6 address may not allow authentication (fix your network)Xsan 1.4.2: Rebooting MDC may lead to shutdown delay (&quot;delay&quot; &amp;#8594; &amp;#8734;)Using QLogic switches with Apple Fibre Channel Cards (what's new?)Xserve RAID: Best practices for data integrity (not specifically for Xsan, but could be useful)Xsan: How to repair the filesystem (cvfsck and options)How to optimize PCI Express card performanceHappy reading!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:46:12 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsan Best Practices]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I've begun a wiki article to collect best practices. Already it includes (short) sections on planning, components, Ethernet networks, fibre channel networks, single-task servers, directory services, DNS, metadata storage, backups, and FCP scratch disks.I hope my start is in the right direction. I haven't done too many hands-on installs lately, so I'll be counting on you to contribute up-to-date details.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:08:38 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[New Server]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I moved Xsanity to a new server today. It may feel a little quicker. Or it may not, since I'm using the same database backend. DNS may take a couple of days to update, and RSS feeds may be confused. Please let me know if you see weird stuff.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:04:00 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Announcing the Xsanity Community Wiki]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Encouraged by strong member input, I've gone ahead and set up an Xsanity community wiki. I invite you to go and check it out, apply for an account, and add and edit content.For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, wikis are web site with built-in editing tools. All the site content is available to be modified by the community. Existing pages are easily edited, and new pages are easily created. The goal is that cooperation will produce better quality than individual work. This fits nicely into our experience with the forums and blog.Our wiki will be for content that changes over time, or that is improved by collaborative work. For example, we've already begun a glossary and a list of Xsan components.By the way, the wiki is built using the collaboration tools in Apple's Mac OS X Server 10.5. If you haven't checked out a Leopard Server wiki, you are missing one of the best web applications available.===================UPDATE: after a little downtime, the wiki is back up.===================UPDATE 2: please join an interesting discussion of how we may use the new wiki.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:28:51 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[How To: Rename a Volume]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Recently I faced migrating our main production volume onto new storage. With thousands of FCP projects on the volume I really did not want to spend the next 6 months reconnecting media. This meant the new volume had to have the same name as the volume it was replacing. I decided the cleanest way was to rename the current volume, so I could create the new volume with the correct name. This is something the Xsan literature says can't be done, however it is relatively easy within terminal. Here's how...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:23:23 EST</pubDate><title><![CDATA[FCP 6.0.2 Released with Xsan File Name Fix]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple has released FCP 6.0.2, along with a host of other Pro Apps updates.  You must first have OS 10.4.11 and QT 7.3 installed before the Final Cut Studio updates are available.  As always, never update clients before MDCs when upgrading the OS or Xsan versions.One particular Xsan / FCP bug fix is mentioned in the release notes.Long Filenames Supported When Saving to Network and Xsan Volumes Long filenames (greater than 32 characters, up to 255 characters) are now properly handled when saving to a network or Xsan volume. The full release notes also mention numerous other bug fixes and enhancements.  One very important fix for those of us in the post-production Xsan community is that the previously acknowledged &quot;disappearing render&quot; issue has been addressed.A thread has been started in the troubleshooting forum.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:47:05 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Leopard-related Xsan news]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mac OS X 10.5, released Friday, requires Xsan 1.4.2. In addition, Apple has posted a couple of related knowledge base articles:Mac OS X Server version 10.5, Xsan: Custom LDAP Search Policy must be manually reset on Xsan metadata controllers after upgradeMac OS X Server version 10.5, Xsan: Directory Utility LDAPv3 plugin settings must be manually reset on Xsan metadata controllers after upgradeInterestingly, these imply that the initial server configuration routine is somewhat Xsan aware.Also, Apple calls Xsan a supported storage device for Time Machine. Who's going to be the first to jump in those waters?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:30:29 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsan 1.4.2 Released]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ten and a half months after the release of Xsan 1.4.1, Apple has released an update to its clustered file system. Xsan 1.4.2 is now available as both a downloadable package, an Admin update, and through Software Update.Before you update, please read the detailed Xsan 1.4.2 notes. Especially note these requirements:Be sure that all Metadata Controllers (MDCs) are updated before you make any configuration changes. If upgrading system software to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, upgrade all Xsan 1.4.x systems to 1.4.2 before upgrading to Leopard. To prevent an inconsistent volume state, you should unmount, stop, and run the cvfsck command on each Xsan volume after the MDCs have been updated with Xsan 1.4.2 Update.New features in this version include:mounting Fibre Channel LUNs on Mac OS X Leopardmetadata controller failovers during power outages and network disconnectsmemory related errors that can result in slow system performance or hangsreducing fragmentation of large files and frame drops during ingestpreventing file system metadata corruptionhosting Xsan volumes on Intel-based metadata controllersdefragmenting files after a volume bandwidth expansioncompatibility with Apple and third party applicationsPlease post any comments in a special forum thread. And as always, we recommend going slowly with the update. Let those of us with test Xsans find any bugs before you do!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:18:32 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[The World's Biggest SANs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Byte and Switch (great name) has researched the World's Biggest SANs.JPMorganChaseU.S. Department of DefenseNASASan Diego Supercomputer CenterLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryWhy don't we compile a list of the World's biggest Xsans?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:06:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Broadcast Pings to Discover IP Addresses]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Here's a quicky: We needed to configure someone else's fibre channel switch yesterday, but didn't know its IP address. We did, however, know it was configured in the subnet 192.168.0.x.So we directly connected our laptop to the FC switch's ethernet port (bypassing the ethernet switch), and configured our own IP as 192.168.0.2 (anything in the same subnet would work). Then we pinged the network broadcast address: ping 192.168.0.255, with this result:64 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.168 ms64 bytes from 192.168.0.9: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.327 ms (DUP!)The first response is our own IP, so the second must be the switch! (Press Control-C to stop the once/second repetitions.)This technique should work on just about any IP device. If you know the subnet, you can find the IP.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 10:07:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[All about Affinity Groups]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Now that Xsan is headed toward its third birthday, and from most accounts (save the occasional bout of admin insanity) is more stable than ever, I turn my attention to the 800 lb. gorilla that eventually faces all folks involved with this file system: volume expansion.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 16:37:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Job Openings at Tekserve]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tekserve, New York's premiere authorized Apple reseller and service provider, is looking for a few great people to expand its Professional Services department:Xsan engineersFinal Cut Pro expertsOS X Server administratorsConsider being part of the team that founded Xsanity. To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to work@tekserve.com.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:27:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Last chance to win an iPod with your fabulous Xsan diagram]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Just another day and a half or so, depending on your time zone and my attention span, to submit your Omnigraffles/Visios to our Xsan Setup Diagram competition. We're giving away 5 &quot;really special edition&quot; NAB/Xsanity/Tekserve iPod Shuffles.To enter, visit our media gallery and choose &quot;Add media&quot; from the popup menu.Please submit only JPGs — a couple of you have submitted PDFs or TIFFs, which show up funny. If you think you sent something in and it is not yet listed, please resubmit a JPEG!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:51:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Two (more) new features]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's been a busy post-NAB week around here. Besides a little more Final Cut Server news leaking out, and the submissions for our new Xsanity Setup Library flowing in, we've set up two new features on Xsanity:A new forum for Final Cut Server and Proximity artboxA gallery for photos of your sexiest XsansThanks for tuning in!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:52:24 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsanity @ 3: The Xsanity Setup Library and an iPod giveaway]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, only three months after the release of Xsan 1.0, a group of us from Tekserve launched Xsanity. Our intention was to create:...a community for Xsan users, experts with individual relevant specialties. Here we can pool our knowledge and maybe make our jobs just a little easier.Today we have over 500 registered users, some of the brightest minds around. This stellar group has contributed 80 feature articles and 1,359 forum posts. And we are noticed: last month, we served up over 100,000 pages.And today we are making two announcements: a media gallery for Xsan setup diagrams, and five iPod Shuffles to give away!The idea of the media gallery is cliche: pictures are worth a thousand words. There's nothing like a great OmniGraffle of your SAN to explain it to someone else. And while lots and lots of SANs will look basically alike, there are plenty of people with truly unique, creative setups.And to kick off the gallery, we are giving away five engraved Tekserve/Xsanity NAB2007 iPod Shuffles to people who help get it started. There are two categories: Fastest and Best. One set of Shuffles for the first two diagrams uploaded, and another set for the best diagrams (most complete, easiest to understand, most creative).The contest ends May 1, so start your graffles!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:44:05 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Xsan @ NAB: Over 420 Terabytes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple has a lot to demo at this year's NAB show: Final Cut Server, Final Cut Studio 2, ProRes 4:2:2.To support it all, Apple has built a mighty big SAN. 40 Xserve RAIDs are linked to two QLogic 9000 switches using more than 200 ports, creating six separate Xsans and serving over 420TB. The beast is backed up to an Exabyte Magnum tape library running Bakbone NetVault.How many of you have SANs that look so great?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:26:47 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[FCP Project File and Scratch Disk Folder Best Practices]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are no official answers on this subject, but some questions in the forums led me to tap out some loving suggestions.Of the six folders that FCP creates on a Scratch Disk Location, I believe three should always be kept local:	Waveform Cache Files	Thumbnail Cache Files	Autosave Vault...simply because the files within are usually so small that they gum up the performance of the SAN if you send them through the fibre.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:34:00 EDT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Apple announces Final Cut Server at NAB]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We're not much of a breaking news blog (see Engadget's live coverage for that), but Apple this morning announced Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Server. FC Server is a brand-new product that seems like Proximity ArtBox + Compressor, but we're not entirely sure yet. We'll post more info when we understand it all better. Until then, you can follow along in our forum and post whatever you hear.From the press release:Apple today introduced Final Cut Server, a powerful new server application that works seamlessly with Final Cut Studio 2 to provide media asset management and workflow automation for post production and broadcast professionals. A scaleable server application that supports workgroups of any size, Final Cut Server includes a cross-platform client that enables content browsing, review and approval from within a studio or over the Internet. Final Cut Server automatically catalogs large collections of assets and enables searching across multiple volumes via an intuitive user interface. Final Cut Server is designed to manage the flow of work, as assets and projects move from producer to editor to artist through the entire production process.Click the read more link below to see a couple of screenshots from Apple's video.]]></description>
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