multiple initiators to single target issue

jwaterman · Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:22 pm

Hi there,
We are currently testing a setup with two initiators connecting to same img file on a target. What we are expecting is to be able to write a file from one initiator to the target and view from another initiator. However, what we are seeing is the file writes from one initiator can be seen from the same initiator but not from the other one.
We tried both MS iSCSI initiator and starport for testing this setup. What config can we do to let us achieve the above described scenario?

Thanks!

-Joel

Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:38 am

This is not going to work b/c of the MS design limitations. You need some third-party software except the OS, initiator and the target. Take a look at the MetaSAN and SAN FS manuals we publish in the "help" section of the site. They describe the whole process for both variants.

jwaterman wrote:Hi there,
We are currently testing a setup with two initiators connecting to same img file on a target. What we are expecting is to be able to write a file from one initiator to the target and view from another initiator. However, what we are seeing is the file writes from one initiator can be seen from the same initiator but not from the other one.
We tried both MS iSCSI initiator and starport for testing this setup. What config can we do to let us achieve the above described scenario?

Thanks!

-Joel