Install Open-iSCSI Initiator Type the following command at a shell prompt: sudo apt-get install open-iscsi Open-iSCSI default configuration Default configuration file could be located at /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf or ~/.iscsid.conf. Open /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file: vi /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf Set node.session.auth.username, node.session.auth.password and other parameter as follows: node.startup = automatic node.session.auth.username = MY-ISCSI-USER node.session.auth.password = MY-ISCSI-PASSWORD discovery.sendtargets.auth.username = MY-ISCSI-USER discovery.sendtargets.auth.password = [...]
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This is why Thin Provisioning s*cks
March 2nd, 2010
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The answer lies in the SCSI protocol. As you know, our SAN is just a really big SCSI drive, for all that the server knows. It doesn’t know that the SAN is off on the network, and that the iSCSI initiator intercepts commands to/from the OS and redirects them over to us. Unfortunately, the is [...]
iSCSI and VMWare Tips
March 2nd, 2010
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I found a great article named A “Multivendor Post” to help our mutual iSCSI customers using VMware You really should read it if your using a SAN in combination with ESX 3.5 http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/01/a-multivendor-post-to-help-our-mutual-iscsi-customers-using-vmware.html
