Disconnecting/Cleaning Up Iscsi Devices; From Initiator; From Target - Dell PowerVault NX3000 Deployment Manual

Disconnecting/Cleaning Up iSCSI Devices

This section describes the procedure for cleanup operations to be performed
on iSCSI devices. You must perform the procedure for cleanup operations on
both iSCSI Target and iSCSI Initiator.

From Initiator

Disconnect an active connection with the Target by stopping the iSCSI
I/O operations that are running on that Target device by performing the
following steps:
1 Click Start→ All Programs→ Microsoft iSCSI Initiator→ iSCSI Initiator
Properties→ Targets tab.
2 Select the Target that is Connected and click Details.
3 The Target Properties screen appears. In the Sessions tab, select the check
box beside the Identifier and click Logoff. The connection is disconnected.
4 In the iSCSI Initiator Properties screen, click the Persistent Targets tab
and remove entries of persistent Targets.
5 If you want to remove Target IQN name entries, go to the Discovery tab
and remove the IP address/DNS name of the PowerVault NAS storage
system in the Target Portals section or remove the IP address/DNS name
entry of the iSNS server.
6 Go to the Targets tab and click Refresh. The Target IQN name is not listed.

From Target

To remove virtual disks from the iSCSI Target, delete virtual disks by
performing the following steps:
1 Go to PowerVault NAS Management Console→ Microsoft iSCSI
Software Target→ iSCSI Targets. Select the Target and the associated
virtual disks to be deleted.
The middle pane lists all virtual disks. Right-click the virtual disk to be
a
deleted and select the Remove Virtual Disk From iSCSI Target option.
Repeat step a for all virtual disks associated with this Target.
b
2 To delete a Target, right-click on the Target, and select the Delete iSCSI
Target option. Manually browse to locate the .vhd file associated with the
Target and delete it.
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