Am attempting to add an iSCSI LUN.
It's a Linux box presenting itself as a target. I have already several of these used, although this particular one doesn't want to be seen by ESX.
1. I add the box through Dynamic Discovery, and re-scan, the path comes up
2. I go over to devices, and the LUN isn't being offered.
3. Thought it might be an issue with it, so I checked if Windows will see it by means of an iSCSI initiator - which it does
What can be done to track down the issue?
I've checked on ESX the vmkiscsid.log and it contains:
2009-09-07-14:08:38: iscsid: Login Success: iqn.2009-08.com.ibm._server_name_.store,default,_ip_address_,3260,1, 0x0
2009-09-07-14:08:39: iscsid: connection1:0 is operational now
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Thank you.
After you add the path to the ESX host, what happens if you go to the Storage tab and click "Add Storage"? Are you able to create a VMFS partition from that new space?
No, unfortunately the "Add Storage" dialog, when I select Disk/Lun - comes up empty.
any more hints?
Solved.
For those that someday will come across this problem.
The fault was my own. If you see one the image I uploaded with paths to the LUN:
Note that I have both LUN's exposed as LUN 0. This is because I merely copied the ietd.conf between the iSCSI targets, and didn't change the LUN id.
Lesson learnt.