Lifehacks

How do I reconnect my target to iSCSI?

Solution. To fix this error, go to iSCSI Initiator and delete the reconnecting target from the Favorite Targets tab. After you have done this, follow to the Targets tab, disconnect the reconnecting target manually by pressing the Disconnect button and connect it again.

How do I reset my iSCSI initiator?

Resetting the cached iSCSI initiator configuration information

  1. Start the configuration utility if it is not already running.
  2. Highlight Configuration Settings using the up or down arrow keys and press Enter.
  3. Highlight Clear persistent targets using the up or down arrow keys and press Enter.

What is the difference between iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target?

iSCSI Initiator – The client machine within a storage network is an iSCSI Initiator. The initiator can connect to the target by forming a session among them and can send iSCSI commands. iSCSI Target – The server machine within a storage network is an iSCSI target.

Can’t connect to iSCSI target?

If the iSCSI Initiator finds an iSCSI target but fails to connect to it:

  1. In Windows iSCSI Initiator, go to Targets > Connect > Advanced Settings:
  2. On DSM, enable Allow multiple sessions if the iSCSI target is planned to be used as cluster aware storage such as VMFS, OCFS, etc.

How do I connect iSCSI initiator?

Connect the iSCSI target on Windows

  1. Launch the iSCSI initiator at Control Panel > Tools.
  2. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties page, click Discovery.
  3. Enter the IP address of the NAS and then click OK.
  4. Click Targets and then select the available iSCSI targets that you want to connect.
  5. Click Connect.
  6. Click OK.

How do I configure iSCSI initiator?

Configure iSCSI Initiator on Windows Server 2019

  1. Step 1: Open Server Manager.
  2. Step 2: Click on Tools and choose “iSCSI Initiator”
  3. Step 3: Key in the IP Address of Target Server.
  4. Step 4: iSCSI Target Discovered.
  5. Step 5: Highlight discovered target and connect.
  6. Step 6: Click Advanced to set advanced settings.

What is iSCSI target?

iSCSI targets are devices that respond to iSCSI commands. An iSCSI device can be an end node such as a storage device, or it can be an intermediate device such as a bridge between IP and Fibre Channel devices. Each iSCSI target is identified by a unique iSCSI name.

How do you troubleshoot iSCSI?

How to Troubleshoot iSCSI Connection Problems

  1. Become superuser.
  2. List your iSCSI target information.
  3. If no connections are listed in the iscsiadm list target output, check the /var/adm/messages file for possible reasons why the connection failed.

What is iSCSI target server?

ISCSI Target Server is a feature that lets administrators boot multiple computers on a network from a single operating system image that’s stored in a central location. iSCSI Target Server has the ability to boot hundreds of computers using just a single OS image.

Why does the iSCSI initiator fail to log in to the target?

If an iSCSI target is configured to use the new Initiator Name for authentication, the iSCSI Initiator may fail to log in to the target using Favorite Target entries that were created while the iSCSI Initiator was configured to use the old Initiator Name.

What happens when initiator failed to connect to the target?

> Initiator failed to connect to the target. Target IP address and TCP Port number are given in dump data. This event is logged when the initiator could not make a TCP connection to the given target portal. The dump data in this event will contain the Target IP address and TCP port to which initiator could not make a TCP connection.

How to resolve iSCSI disk name conflict with the target?

Resolved it by reassigning the target disks to a new target name and pointing the initiators to it. After that you can see the iscsi disks at the same state as with the old target name and you can also delete the old target to avoid further confusion.

Why am I getting an iSCSI connectivity error event?

If you have successfully connected to your iSCSI target device despite this error, it indicates that the connectivity issue was temporary. Therefore, you can safely ignore this Error event.