tgt SAN Disk does not support windows2008R2 64bit OS (LUN appears and disappears on client))

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z_haseeb
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tgt SAN Disk does not support windows2008R2 64bit OS (LUN appears and disappears on client))

Post by z_haseeb » 2012/05/15 04:54:04

""""Environment""""

""""SAN configuration""""

# uname -a

Linux drsan0.xxxxxx.com 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


# cat /etc/*-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)


/etc/tgt/targetsconf


backing-store /dev/san/lun4disk0



lvdisplay

LV Name /dev/san/lun4disk0
VG Name san
LV UUID fAqKaR-BEdQ-Fv4Y-6NE1-9WqQ-wlxj-QCYQBO
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 500.00 GB
Current LE 16000
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 253:6



ISCSI initiator

Built-in in Windows 2008R2



""""Problem""""
The Disk is appearing and disappearing on the WIndows 2008R2. I have also tried to create a small size lun around 5GB but still same problem. This problem is occuring on WIndows2008R2 machine. I have also created luns for Windows 2008 (32bit) which is working fine. WHat I feel that the tgt SAN is not able to support windows 2008 64bit OR either any seeting is required on tgt SAN/Windows2008R2

Cheile
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Re: tgt SAN Disk does not support windows2008R2 64bit OS (LUN appears and disappears on client))

Post by Cheile » 2012/05/15 14:12:31

I'm not familiar with the specifics of tgtd but one thing I notice right off the bat is that your server is missing updates from the past 2 years as you are on version 5.3 instead of 5.8. The first thing to do would be to get your system up to date.

Then look in /var/log/messages and dmesg and see if there is anything showing up at or around the times when the disconnects are happening. This may give you an indication of what the actual problem is.

Go ahead and post up what you find in messages & dmesg and someone here may be able to help you further.

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tgt SAN Disk does not support windows2008R2 64bit OS (LUN ap

Post by pschaff » 2012/05/15 18:22:40

[quote]
z_haseeb wrote:
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# uname -a
Linux drsan0.xxxxxx.com 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# cat /etc/*-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)
[/quote]
Aside from being seriously obsolete, as [b]Cheile[/b] pointed out, you are not running CentOS. If you have Red Hat support you should use it. If not then [url=http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide]migrate[/url] to CentOS and see the [url=http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.6]CentOS 5.6 Release Notes[/url] Section 4 for details on the recommended update procedure, and [url=http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.8]CentOS 5.8 Release Notes[/url] for other information.

If more help is needed after the migration and update, then please [url=http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=28723&forum=54]provide more information about your system[/url] by running "./getinfo.sh" and showing us the output file.

z_haseeb
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Re: tgt SAN Disk does not support windows2008R2 64bit OS (LUN appears and disappears on client))

Post by z_haseeb » 2012/05/16 07:56:16

My problem is resolved via another way. I actually create a datastore on esxi server and add the LUN to that datastore.

Then I created an additional Hard Disk on the VM and pointed the hard disk storage space towards the data store. Kindly find the below link for snaps for a reference so that this Idea may help others who may face the LUN appearing and disappearing on a Windows 2008R2 machine :

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/7ac393ec-b9ea-43c0-b2fd-895857c65ecb

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