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{{MessageBox|backgroundcolor = red|image =Warning.png|heading =WARNING|message = This is recommended only for advanced users, proceed with caution.NeedsUpdate}}= Installing the ISCSI server on Fedora 14/Amahi 6 =
From [http://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=13885#p13885 this forums post].
'''WARNING: this page may have some items missing in the setup'''
= Server side =
Set up an iSCSI server on the Amahi box. You can install it using yum. Note that all actions must be done as user root.
yum install scsi-target-utils
Set up 1 Logical Volume (LV) that will be exported as an iSCSI LUN. The below output shows my LV created for time machine (hence the name lvtime).
<pre>Code|lvs <nowiki>|</nowiki> grep time
lvtime vg00 -wi-ao 500.00g</pre>
Export the LV: add it to /etc/tgt/targets.conf (note that there's a convention on how to export these!)
<pre><target iqn.2010-08.local.bonabo:galileo.lun1>
backing-store /dev/vg00/lvtime
</target></pre>
The name convention for iSCSI LUNs is usually as follows but a vendor can change it at will, it's a convention not a requirement.
Below how the name comes together, the parts are connected by dots, the lun name is separated by a colon.
fixed data: iqn -> iqn<br>
date the LUN was created: year-month -> 2012-02<br>
your domainname inverted: domain.your -> com.home<br>
the LUN name: this is what the vendor usually provides -> lun1<br>
so that would make the following target:
iqn.2012-02.com.home:lun1
Start the iSCSI target daemon and make sure it starts at boot time:
service tgtd start
chkconfig tgtd on
Check the exported LUN(s):
tgt-admin -s
= Client side =
''Linux''
quick how-to for connecting to iSCSI storage (implies that iscsi-initiator-utils are installed!):
scan for new LUNs:
iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p <NAS IP>
login and make the connection persistent
iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2012-02.<domain>.<your>:<LUNname> -p <NAS IP> -l
you should see a new device, you can partition it now
fdisk /dev/<new device>
partprobe /dev/<new device>
Create LVM stuff if you want to, otherwise create the filesystem as you would normally do
''Mac OSX''
I installed [http://www.studionetworksolutions.com/products/product_detail.php?pi=11 globalSAN iSCSI Initiator] for OS X by Studio Network Solutions (free community supported) iSCSI client for OS X) on the Mac.
I configured it to "see" the iSCSI lun (just type in the iqn IIRC); since it's presented to the OS as a normal disk you need to partition the drive first (it's a blank disk as far as the Mac is concerned). Then configure Time Machine to use that disk and you're done!
''Windows''
I'll let someone else fill that.
= Installing the ISCSI server on Fedora 14/Amahi 6 semi-automated =
{{NeedsUpdate}}
Log into your amahi box via ssh and become root
NOTE: As i have experienced myself it is a good idea to check if your updates are all done correctly .
do this by Typing typing Code= yum update
Let amahi update whatever is necessary to avoid a kernel module error trying to start the ISCSI server.
Then install kernel headers and gcc
Now we going to download the install script i wrote
Then run
This should have now compiled and installed the ISCSI server on your Amahi box.
The easiest way to get an ISCSI target is to create an image file.
We are doing this by typing :{{Code|
Code= mkdir /var/hda/files/iscsi
dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/hda/files/iscsi/disk.img bs=1M count=0 seek=256000}}
You can name the disk.img whatever you want and the numbers behind seek is the size of the image disk which in our case is 250 gigs.
Now if we look in /var/hda/files/iscsi/ we will find a file called disk.img
We have to edit the config file in /etc/iet/ietd.conf (use your favorite editor)
Leave everything as it is exept at the bottom we add
Code= Target iqn.2012-02.com.domain:disk.img
Lun 0 Path=/var/hda/files/iscsi/disk.img,Type=fileio}}
Save and exit your editor
Code= service iscsi-target restart
done
Go to Start - Control Panel - click on Administrative tools -
