Set up an iscsi storage

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iSCSI is a protocol that allows you to connect to block-oriented storage over the IP-network. To have an ISCSI target, you do not need to buy an enterprise-class ISCSI storage, you can start an ISCSI target as service on your computer. This is especially useful when running e.g. cluster tests on shared storage.

QuickStart

I do have a walk around for this pblroem. i have tested it on the windows 2003 server and found to be working.Below is the steps for the walk around.1)Create a Connect_SAN.bat with following commands and put it in c:\-Diskpart /s “c:\Connect_SAN.txt”-Save file2)Create a Connect_SAN.txt with following commands and put it in c:\-Select Disk N (replace N with the disk number which is offline. You can check this in logical Disk Management)-Online-Exit-Save file3)Open the Group Policy Editor (Start > Run > enter gpedit.msc'.)4)Expand Computer Configuration'.5)Expand Windows Settings'.6)Select Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)'.7)Double-click on Startup' in right-hand panel. Click on the Add' button.9)Click on the Browse' button.10)Navigate to your batch file(Connect_SAN.bat), select it and OK your way out of the Editor.11)Close the Editor.12) Reboot System

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In this chapter we will set up an iscsi target and test it by installing an iscsi initiator.

Set up a target

tar xvfz iscsitarget-0.4.15.tar.gz

cd iscsitarget-0.4.15
make && make install

on problems see the article Compiling.

  • create a configuration for your service:

/etc/ietd.conf 

Target iqn.2007-12.local.net:storage.lvm
       Lun 0 Path=/dev/hdb
  • start the service
/etc/init.d/iscsi-target start
  • verify the service is running
$ lsof -i
[...]
ietd      8692   root    7u  IPv6  36856       TCP *:iscsi-target (LISTEN)
ietd      8692   root    8u  IPv4  36857       TCP *:iscsi-target (LISTEN)

Set up an initiator

To set up an iscsi initiator, install the openiscsi package. Then, discover your targets. Let's assume the IP-address of your target is 192.168.0.5 

$ iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p 192.168.0.5 
[fa084c] 192.168.0.5:3260,1 iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.disk2.sys1.xyz
[3727f9] 127.0.0.1:3260,1 iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.disk2.sys1.xyz
$ iscsiadm -m node
[fa084c] 192.168.0.5:3260,1 iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.disk2.sys1.xyz
[3727f9] 127.0.0.1:3260,1 iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.disk2.sys1.xyz

You know now you have a target named iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.disk2.sys1.xyz Now have a look what drives you have attached: 

$ hwinfo --block --short
disk:
  /dev/sda             VMware Virtual S
  /dev/sdb             IET VIRTUAL-DISK
partition:
[...]

Now connect your iscsi target: 

$ iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.disk2.sys1.xyz -p 192.168.0.5:3260 --login

And find a new device in your list: 

$ hwinfo --block --short
disk:
  /dev/sda             VMware Virtual S
  /dev/sdb             IET VIRTUAL-DISK
  /dev/sdc             IET VIRTUAL-DISK
partition:
[...]

See also

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