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Problem with GSX 3.5 'seeing' iSCSI disk.

Please help. I have a GSX 3.5 installation which I am trying to connect to an iSCSI device. I have attemtped to configure this from both the GUI and the command line. I have reset the SW iSCSI initiator back to defaults and no matter what I try (given that I am new to this environmnt) from within the GUI I am unable to 'see' the disk space. From a command line I get the following:

# vmkiscsi-tool -l -T vmhba32

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NAME : iqn.2008-02:iscsi.target1

ALIAS :

DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS : 0

SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0

SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY ENABLED : 0

Portal 0 : 172.17.1.220:3260

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NAME : iqn.2008-02:iscsi.target0

ALIAS :

DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS : 0

SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0

SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY ENABLED : 0

Portal 0 : 172.17.1.220:3260

If I scan for LUNs I get:

# vmkiscsi-tool -l -L vmhba32

Target iqn.2008-02:iscsi.target1:

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OS DEVICE NAME : vmhba32:2:0

BUS NUMBER : 0

TARGET ID : 2

LUN ID : 0

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Target iqn.2008-02:iscsi.target0:

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OS DEVICE NAME : vmhba32:3:0

BUS NUMBER : 0

TARGET ID : 3

LUN ID : 0

The iSCSI host reports the ESX server as connected. Has anybody got any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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JK101
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It would appear that the config of my ESX server had an issue. I removed the VMKERNAL interface and readded it. Everything then burst into life. I had to create the partition tables from the command line but appart from that everything appears to be doing what it should.

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