recreate software iSCSI iqn ID

[BrianRTS]

I am having a issue where somehow my iSCSI initiator name got changed from the standard iqn-......<hostname>.... to just the hostname. Because of this, my Dell MD3000is is rejecting the connection because of the invalid iqn string.

How can I recreate this? I've tried disabling iSCSI and renabling it, rebooting etc and nothing seems to set the Initiator name back to the default.

Any ideas on how I can fix this without reinstalling from scratch?

Thanks!

[Kahonu84]

Aloha - Go to /etc/initiatorname.vmkiscsi and change the name to what is expected. You will then need to reboot the host.

Bill

[BrianRTS]

Thanks for the reply. What does the exact string need to be? There is a random(?) ID at the end.. where do I get/generate that?

From a working system :

iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:-461582fc

[Kahonu84]

Aloha Brian,

The string needs to match whatever IQN the SAN Management software uses to point to that particular host.