Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 22:36:50 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, aoyama@peach.ne.jp Subject: iSCSI for tape Message-ID: <4FA6E0E2.2090700@netfence.it>
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Hello.
I've got a box with bacula-sd which should use a tape drive;
unfortunately, there's no physical space for such a drive on that box,
so I'm considering iSCSI to let it access a tape on another box.
Is this possible?
While doing some tests, I installed istgt on the target box (7.4/i386)
and I have this in /usr/local/etc/istgt/istgt.conf:
> [LogicalUnit1]
> Comment "Pass-through Tape"
> TargetName tape1
> TargetAlias "Pass Through Tape"
> Mapping PortalGroup1 InitiatorGroup1
> AuthMethod CHAP
> AuthGroup AuthGroup1
> UnitType pass
> LUN0 Device /dev/sa0
On the initianting box (9.0/amd64), I put the following in /etc/iscsi.conf:
> itape1 {
> authMethod =CHAP
> chapIName =xxxxxx
> chapSecret =yyyyyyyyyyyyy
> initiatorname =zzzzz
> TargetName =jjjjj:tape1
> TarrgetAddress=jjjjj:3260,1
> }
Now:
> # iscontrol -d -t jjjjj
> TargetName=jjjjj:tape1
> TargetAddress=a.b.c.d:3260,1
> #iscontrol -c /etc/iscsi.conf -n itape1 -t jjjjj&
> ls /dev/ | grep iscsi
> iscsi
> iscsi0
> # mt -f /dev/iscsi status
> mt: Device not configured
> # mt -f /dev/iscsi0 status
> mt: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Am I doing something wrong or is this not implemented?
bye & Thanks
av.
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