Monthly Archives: June 2012

Nexenta: Configuring iSCSI Multipath Target with multiple network cards

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Ronny Egner

This is a short post about how to configure iSCSI multipathing using Nexenta. I let it is neccessary to document it since the documentation is rather spare about it. In my lab setup i had a machine with two physically … Continue reading →

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Using ASMLib with Oracle Unbreakable Kernel (UEK)

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Ronny Egner

Starting with the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Linux Kernel (UEK) the ASMlib drivers are now included in the kernel. This means that updating the kernel does not require installing the appropriate kernel modules as well. In addition to the kernel modules … Continue reading →

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Nexenta: Convert syspool to AHCI drivers

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Ronny Egner

When using Nexenta it is highly recommended to attach the syspool disks via AHCI instead of SATA. Attaching them via SATA might cause I/O errors leading to complete outages. The only way to solve this is to replace the driver … Continue reading →

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“Exiting Time2Retain handler because session_reinstatement=1” with LIO (linux-iscsi.org iSCSI implementation)

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Ronny Egner

I just migrated my Ubuntu iSCSI storage server to Ubuntu 12.04 which ships with a new iSCSI implementation: LIO (linux-iscsi.org). Aside from the fact that this project lacks a HUGE amount of documentation I want to share this problem with … Continue reading →

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