Unable to delete ISCSI Target in Red Hat
Unable to delete ISCSI Target in Red Hat ———– Target Name root@rb-redhat6 iscsi]# iscsiadm -m node 192.168.0.112:3260,1 iqn.1986-03.com.ibm:2145.clusterh1.gully ————– Error Message [root@rb-redhat6 iscsi]# iscsiadm –m node -T iqn.1986-03.com.ibm:2145.clusterh1.gully –portal 192.168.0.112:3260 -u iscsiadm: No matching sessions found ———— Distro root@rb-redhat6 iscsi]# cat /etc/*issue* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago) Thanks in advance for your [...]
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| February 14, 2013 3:25 AM
iSCSI, RedHat, Storage
Unable to delete ISCSI Target in Red Hat ———– Target Name root@rb-redhat6 iscsi]# iscsiadm -m node 192.168.0.112:3260,1 iqn.1986-03.com.ibm:2145.clusterh1.gully ————– Error Message [root@rb-redhat6 iscsi]# iscsiadm –m node -T iqn.1986-03.com.ibm:2145.clusterh1.gully –portal 192.168.0.112:3260 -u iscsiadm: No matching sessions found ———— Distro root@rb-redhat6 iscsi]# cat /etc/*issue* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago) Thanks in advance for your [...]
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| February 14, 2013 3:25 AM
iSCSI, RedHat, Storage
Advice required on building career in Storage Area Network
Hi, I want to build a career in Storage Area Network and get into HBA testing/development of iSCSI,FC,FCOE cards. What are the scope of job opportunities in India? Please let me know the technical knowledge a person should pursue to become an expert in this field. It will be helpful to know if there are [...]
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| October 21, 2012 4:53 AM
certification, FCoE, HBA, iSCSI, Storage Area Network
Hi, I want to build a career in Storage Area Network and get into HBA testing/development of iSCSI,FC,FCOE cards. What are the scope of job opportunities in India? Please let me know the technical knowledge a person should pursue to become an expert in this field. It will be helpful to know if there are [...]
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| October 21, 2012 4:53 AM
certification, FCoE, HBA, iSCSI, Storage Area Network
Infiniband storage network using SRP
Hi, I’d like a “howto” on configuring SRP initiators and targets. I’m using Centos/Xen hypervisors and will build my own storage servers. I’m using Infiniband cards with Mellanox MT25408 chipset. I’m familiar with Linux but unsure of exactly what I need to get this up and running. I dont want to use IP or iSCSI [...]
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| March 1, 2011 11:01 AM
Hypervisor, Infiniband, iSCSI, Linux administration, SAN, SRP, Storage network, Xen
Hi, I’d like a “howto” on configuring SRP initiators and targets. I’m using Centos/Xen hypervisors and will build my own storage servers. I’m using Infiniband cards with Mellanox MT25408 chipset. I’m familiar with Linux but unsure of exactly what I need to get this up and running. I dont want to use IP or iSCSI [...]
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| March 1, 2011 11:01 AM
Hypervisor, Infiniband, iSCSI, Linux administration, SAN, SRP, Storage network, Xen
iSCSI Initiator errors after trying to set up IPsec.
In an effort to set up some sort of security on the IP traffic between the systems using iSCSI I attempted to implement IPsec. In doing so the Windows iSCSI initiators were no longer able to communicate with the targets. So after removing the settings in the local security policy most of the systems were [...]
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| October 13, 2010 4:01 PM
IPsec, iSCSI, iSCSI Initiator, VHD, Windows Server 2008 R2
In an effort to set up some sort of security on the IP traffic between the systems using iSCSI I attempted to implement IPsec. In doing so the Windows iSCSI initiators were no longer able to communicate with the targets. So after removing the settings in the local security policy most of the systems were [...]
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| October 13, 2010 4:01 PM
IPsec, iSCSI, iSCSI Initiator, VHD, Windows Server 2008 R2
VM ESX using sata drives
Can I install VMware’s ESX server on a system using sata drives or will I have to have scsi drives instead. Thanks, Stan
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| August 10, 2010 4:33 AM
iSCSI, SATA Drives, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX Server
Can I install VMware’s ESX server on a system using sata drives or will I have to have scsi drives instead. Thanks, Stan
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| August 10, 2010 4:33 AM
iSCSI, SATA Drives, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX Server
Has anyone used StarWind iSCSI for production network? What about its reliability and performance?
StarWind claims to turn any standard server into a fault-tolerant, fail-safe Windows iSCSI target SAN. Compared to EMC and Netapp products, where does it stand in term of performance & reliability (e.g. assuming new & stable server)? Has anyone deployed it on production? What kind of hardware do you use/recommend (e.g. Dell R410 etc)? Can [...]
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| August 26, 2010 5:13 PM
iSCSI, SAN, Storage in 2010, Thin provisioning
StarWind claims to turn any standard server into a fault-tolerant, fail-safe Windows iSCSI target SAN. Compared to EMC and Netapp products, where does it stand in term of performance & reliability (e.g. assuming new & stable server)? Has anyone deployed it on production? What kind of hardware do you use/recommend (e.g. Dell R410 etc)? Can [...]
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| August 26, 2010 5:13 PM
iSCSI, SAN, Storage in 2010, Thin provisioning
What are the benefits tO FC and iSCSI?
Cost effective and easier to manage ?
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| June 16, 2010 5:58 AM
FC, Fibre channel, iSCSI, iSCSI and FC Network, iSCSI Ports, Storage in 2010
Cost effective and easier to manage ?
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| June 16, 2010 5:58 AM
FC, Fibre channel, iSCSI, iSCSI and FC Network, iSCSI Ports, Storage in 2010
Stonefly optisan hanging
Whenever I give a disk rescan, the server mysteriously gets hung. the system log throws the following error – “A connection to the target was lost, but Initiator successfully reconnected to the target. Dump data contains the target name.” Storage : Stonefly optisan Host : Windows 2003
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| June 3, 2010 2:16 PM
iSCSI, Optisan, Stonefly, Storage Area Networks, Storage in 2010, Windows Server 2003
Whenever I give a disk rescan, the server mysteriously gets hung. the system log throws the following error – “A connection to the target was lost, but Initiator successfully reconnected to the target. Dump data contains the target name.” Storage : Stonefly optisan Host : Windows 2003
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| June 3, 2010 2:16 PM
iSCSI, Optisan, Stonefly, Storage Area Networks, Storage in 2010, Windows Server 2003
Hyper-v + iscsi storage
we use a hyper-v server which has a connection with a storage server through ISCSI, we manage the hyper-v server with MS VMM. when creating a machine from a template it copy’s it to itself using BITS cause of that the creating taking 45min for deployment is there any way we can setup hyper-v or [...]
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| June 1, 2010 1:41 PM
Hyper-V, iSCSI, Storage in 2010, Windows Server 2008 R2
we use a hyper-v server which has a connection with a storage server through ISCSI, we manage the hyper-v server with MS VMM. when creating a machine from a template it copy’s it to itself using BITS cause of that the creating taking 45min for deployment is there any way we can setup hyper-v or [...]
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| June 1, 2010 1:41 PM
Hyper-V, iSCSI, Storage in 2010, Windows Server 2008 R2
Total throughput on the iSCSI interface (between server and storage)
If i put 4 No. 10/100/1000 ethernet ports on server as well as on storage and i connect and configure teaming of the ethernet ports; what troughput i should get from it. i) 4 GBPS throughput. ii) Less than 4 GBPS throughput and why less.?
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| June 1, 2010 8:45 AM
iSCSI, iSCSI Interface, Rack mounted servers, Storage in 2010, Virtualization in 2010
If i put 4 No. 10/100/1000 ethernet ports on server as well as on storage and i connect and configure teaming of the ethernet ports; what troughput i should get from it. i) 4 GBPS throughput. ii) Less than 4 GBPS throughput and why less.?
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| June 1, 2010 8:45 AM
iSCSI, iSCSI Interface, Rack mounted servers, Storage in 2010, Virtualization in 2010
iSCSI target
Hi, Can someone help me with it? I need some Ethernet HBA for iSCSI target, to my storage. Can’t find anywhere! Going nuts! Thanks!
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| December 14, 2009 4:11 PM
CentOS, Ethernet, Ethernet HBA, Intel, iSCSI
Hi, Can someone help me with it? I need some Ethernet HBA for iSCSI target, to my storage. Can’t find anywhere! Going nuts! Thanks!
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| December 14, 2009 4:11 PM
CentOS, Ethernet, Ethernet HBA, Intel, iSCSI
Fibre Channel or ISCSI for SAN
We have a SAN that is mission critical to the business. Performance and availabilty are key. I have read that I should lean towards fibre channel for this versus ISCSI but was curious if anyone has seen a noticable difference.
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| October 6, 2009 3:48 PM
Fibre channel, Fibre channel SAN, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, SAN
We have a SAN that is mission critical to the business. Performance and availabilty are key. I have read that I should lean towards fibre channel for this versus ISCSI but was curious if anyone has seen a noticable difference.
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| October 6, 2009 3:48 PM
Fibre channel, Fibre channel SAN, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, SAN
Where can i download a guide on iSCSI to implement on a virtualization?
Where can i download a guide on iSCSI to implement on a virtualization? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat held on August 27th.
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| September 15, 2009 3:45 PM
iSCSI, Microsoft virtualization, Microsoft Virtualization Chat 8/27
Where can i download a guide on iSCSI to implement on a virtualization? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat held on August 27th.
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| September 15, 2009 3:45 PM
iSCSI, Microsoft virtualization, Microsoft Virtualization Chat 8/27
IS iSCSI software or hardware based?
What exactly is iSCSI? Is it software based or hardware? Also, people often speak about iSCSI ports, but they generally look like normal LAN ports. Can you give me explanation of this?
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| August 31, 2009 6:27 PM
iSCSI, iSCSI Ports
What exactly is iSCSI? Is it software based or hardware? Also, people often speak about iSCSI ports, but they generally look like normal LAN ports. Can you give me explanation of this?
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| August 31, 2009 6:27 PM
iSCSI, iSCSI Ports
VMware guests network traffic
If I have a iSCSI target server and a regular Windows 2003 server on the same host, will the iSCSI network traffic between the 2 VMWare guests stay internal or does it actually somehow goes out and back in.
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| August 26, 2009 3:26 PM
iSCSI, Network traffic, VMware Guests, Windows Server 2003
If I have a iSCSI target server and a regular Windows 2003 server on the same host, will the iSCSI network traffic between the 2 VMWare guests stay internal or does it actually somehow goes out and back in.
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| August 26, 2009 3:26 PM
iSCSI, Network traffic, VMware Guests, Windows Server 2003
iSCSI naming conventions without FQDN
I’m in the process of creating an iSCSI test environment and have a question regarding the naming conventions. The standard specifies using a FQDN as part of the name. What have others done when a FQDN was not available or you did not want to use your existing FQDN? Thank you.
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| August 13, 2009 9:08 PM
FQDN, iSCSI, Open source
I’m in the process of creating an iSCSI test environment and have a question regarding the naming conventions. The standard specifies using a FQDN as part of the name. What have others done when a FQDN was not available or you did not want to use your existing FQDN? Thank you.
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| August 13, 2009 9:08 PM
FQDN, iSCSI, Open source
Best practices for configuring clients to boot from Windows 2003 server and attached iSCSI SAN
Are there any best practices for configuring clients to boot from an Windows 2003 server hosting the client O/S images on an attached iSCSI SAN? Is there a list of hardware or software that is required? I’m considering a HP – LeftHand iSCSI SAN solution to host the client images but want to understand how [...]
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| August 4, 2009 1:37 PM
HP, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, SAN, Windows Server 2003
Are there any best practices for configuring clients to boot from an Windows 2003 server hosting the client O/S images on an attached iSCSI SAN? Is there a list of hardware or software that is required? I’m considering a HP – LeftHand iSCSI SAN solution to host the client images but want to understand how [...]
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| August 4, 2009 1:37 PM
HP, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, SAN, Windows Server 2003
iSCSI technology for Oracle Rac
Hello, I’m looking for some information about Oracle Rac when the DB is running on iSCSI system like HP Lefthand or DELL EqualLogic system? This king of system storage seems very interesting in particular for the Disaster recovery site. If this configuration is existing, thank you to give me some information about your satisfaction (and [...]
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| July 2, 2009 3:56 PM
iSCSI, iSCSI and Oracle, Oracle RAC
Hello, I’m looking for some information about Oracle Rac when the DB is running on iSCSI system like HP Lefthand or DELL EqualLogic system? This king of system storage seems very interesting in particular for the Disaster recovery site. If this configuration is existing, thank you to give me some information about your satisfaction (and [...]
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| July 2, 2009 3:56 PM
iSCSI, iSCSI and Oracle, Oracle RAC
Would you go with iSCSI or Fibre Channel for mass storage in this case?
Is there any TPS benchmarking available in deciding whether to go for Fibre channel or iSCSI? We are using Oracle database which requires a Terabyte of storage and will be operating at the 1000TPS at peak level. In this case – should we go for iSCSI or Fibre Channel as the mass storage device? Thank [...]
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| June 23, 2009 3:19 PM
Fibre channel, iSCSI, Oracle Benchmark Testing, Storage Channel, Storage management, Transactions Per Second
Is there any TPS benchmarking available in deciding whether to go for Fibre channel or iSCSI? We are using Oracle database which requires a Terabyte of storage and will be operating at the 1000TPS at peak level. In this case – should we go for iSCSI or Fibre Channel as the mass storage device? Thank [...]
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| June 23, 2009 3:19 PM
Fibre channel, iSCSI, Oracle Benchmark Testing, Storage Channel, Storage management, Transactions Per Second
RAID 5 configuration on Dell PowerEdge 2800 hard disk failure
Using DELL Poweredge 2800 with a Raid 5 configuration of 2 hard drives capacity 85GB Ultra 320 SCSI. Hard disks have been showing failure. I tried to bring the hard drives ONLINE by FORCE option provided in the utility manager to configure RAID and got the hard drives up but couldn’t login to windows server [...]
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| March 17, 2009 5:57 PM
Backup, Dell PowerEdge 2800, iSCSI, RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Restore, Windows Server 2003
Using DELL Poweredge 2800 with a Raid 5 configuration of 2 hard drives capacity 85GB Ultra 320 SCSI. Hard disks have been showing failure. I tried to bring the hard drives ONLINE by FORCE option provided in the utility manager to configure RAID and got the hard drives up but couldn’t login to windows server [...]
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| March 17, 2009 5:57 PM
Backup, Dell PowerEdge 2800, iSCSI, RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Restore, Windows Server 2003
