Hi All,
I noticed a similar posting to this on the forum recently but my problem is subtely different. I'm using SFWHA 5.1 on a WIndows 2003 Server. I have the MS iSCSI initiator (2.08) installed and am using Openfiler as an iSCSI target. My configuration is very simple. When I launch VEA I can attach to my iSCSI service with no issues and the new disk appears in the console. From there, I can continue to create a Dynamic DG and then build some volumes which can then be mounted with no problems. These volumes are fully accesible to Windows and I can install applications on them with no issues.
The problem I have is that as soon as I reboot the machine, the iSCSI target appears to reconnect fine and the Disk is still displayed in the VEA console but the dynamic DG has gone. I try to reactivate the disk but receive an error that says "Invalid Arguments (V-40-32775-87)". THe disk status is shown as "Unknown". There appears to be little more I can do with the disk at this point. I've searched the forums and found some discussion about delayed import which I've enabled but with little change. I've attempted to use the cli command to import the disk group but again, no luck.
The WIn2k3 server is running inside VMWare ESX 3.5i and Openfiler is also running inside VMWare ESX 3.5i (on a different physical server). Without SFW installed I can access the iSCSI targets fine and create volumes and they all remain in place after a reboot. The iSCSI configuration is as basic as it gets.
I really need to get past this issue but cannot seem to find a way forward. Any help or pointers would be most gratefully received.
Many thanks,
Mark