Create Iscsi Disks - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer GuardianOS 7.2 Administrator's Guide
Disconnect iSCSI Disk Initiators before Shutting Down the Server
Shutting down the server while a client initiator is connected to an iSCSI disk appears to the
client initiator software as a disk failure and may result in data loss or corruption. Make
sure any initiators connected to iSCSI disks are disconnected before shutting down the
server.
Ignore Volume is Full Message
When an iSCSI disk is created, the volume or storage pool allocates the specified capacity to
the disk. If all volume or storage pool capacity is allocated to the iSCSI disk and email
notification is enabled, the SnapServer may generate a
message indicates only that the volume capacity is fully allocated to the iSCSI disk and is
not available to other resources. To determine the status of iSCSI disk storage utilization,
use the tools provided on the client machine.
iSCSI Disk Naming Conventions
iSCSI disks are assigned formal IQN names. These appear as the iSCSI device names that
the user chooses (or types) when connecting from a client initiator to the SnapServer target,
and also on the iSCSI Disk details page.
The format of IQN names for GuardianOS iSCSI disks on the SnapServer is:
iqn.1997-10.com.SnapServer:[servername]:[diskname]
where
iSCSI disk on the target SnapServer. For example:
iqn.1997-10.com.SnapServer:snap123456:iscsi0
NOTE: Users with iSCSI disks created in earlier GuardianOS versions will see a shortened IQN
iqn.[servername].[iscsidiskname]
The format of IQN names for VSS-based iSCSI disks on the SnapServer is:
iqn.1997-10.com.SnapServer:[servername]:[diskname].[nnn]
where
disk on the target SnapServer, and
example:
iqn.1997-10.com.SnapServer:snap123456:iscsi0.000
The format of IQN names for VDS-based iSCSI disks on the SnapServer is:
iqn.1997-10.com.SnapServer:[servername]:[diskname]-snap[n]
where
disk on the target SnapServer, and
example:
iqn.1997-10.com.SnapServer:snap123456:iscsi0-snap0

Create iSCSI Disks

Navigate to Storage > iSCSI and click Create iSCSI Disk to create, edit, or delete iSCSI disks
on the SnapServer. Be sure to read
before you begin creating iSCSI Disks.
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is the name of the SnapServer, and
[servername]
name in the following format:
is the name of the SnapServer,
[servername]
is the name of the SnapServer,
[servername]
©2010-12 Overland Storage, Inc.
Volume is Full
[diskname]
is a sequential number starting from 000. For
[nnn]
[diskname]
is a sequential number starting from 0. For
[n]
"iSCSI Configuration on the SnapServer" on page 6-17
iSCSI Disks
message. This
is the name of the
[diskname]
is the name of the iSCSI
is the name of the iSCSI
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