Comments on: FreeNAS Server on VMware Workstation with iSCSI Disks

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:19:03 +0000

Do not use dyanmic disks for iscsi using Windows iscsi initiator. They will not reconnect on reboot. Disk must be basic. I know this is true for Windows 2003 so I beleive it is also the case for 2008.

To get back to basic disk you must delete the partition and recreate it. Make sure you copy your data to another disk or starage before deleting it. Also make sure you setup the iscsi initiator to use persistent targets / reconnect on reboot.

If you do not want to recreate a basic disk, there may be some scripts out there that will reconnect dynamic volumes on reboot.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:15:05 +0000

By: sayda

sayda — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:42:06 +0000

Have open filer volume which is attached to server 2008 and initialized and formatted and data is put in
for some reason it have been disconnected when connect it back using iscsi initiator the open filer volume is visible in the disk management of server 2008 but have no drive letter and it seem to be empty

when right click the only option highlighted is convert to dynamic disk
how to solve this problem and how to restore my data back??

By: Dinesh

Dinesh — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:27:13 +0000

Alex,
I hope the below two articles will be helpful for you in FreeNAS 0.8.

http://www.sysprobs.com/guide-install-freenas-8-virtualbox-4
http://www.sysprobs.com/guide-how-to-create-iscsi-storage-disks-freenas-08

By: Alex Reyes

Alex Reyes — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:55:08 +0000

hi Dinesh, thank you so much for this article, it is very useful.
It seems to be that only available download of freeNAS is version 8.0 from RC1 to release version.
I installed this and after installation and configure NICs I am unable to see web page giving an error as done but with errors.
I tried different browsers but still unable to see web admin page.

Thank you!

By: Raul B.

Raul B. — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:26:10 +0000

The images has been lost ¿Problems?

Saludos

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By: Pramod

Pramod — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:03:39 +0000

I have downloaded freenas latest version and tried installing the iso file in vmware workstation by creating new VM as other freeBSD 32bit/64 bit. It pops with initial screen and ends with BTX halt. How can i solve this issue? My LAPtop OS is windows 7. Please help me.

By: Anton Kolomyeytsev

Anton Kolomyeytsev — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:06:44 +0000

Geat job! Do you have any plans to review Openfiler when guys would catch up with SCSI-3 reservation thing?

Anton

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