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Answered Building a Host Cluster with Hyper-V in core mode

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      Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:51 AM
       
       
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      Hello

       

      I'm trying to configure VM clustering services as the link below.

      http://blogs.technet.com/roblarson/archive/2007/12/17/building-a-host-cluster-with-hyper-v-beta-1.aspx

       

      The only difference is that I want to install it in Windows 2008 core mode.

      I know I can install the Failover Clustering feature.

      But when it comes to configure the iSCSI initiator on each node, im just out of luck.

      I have tried to copy the iSCSI files from a full install and excute the iscsicpl.exe, but it wont execute.

      Does anyone know how to configure/manage the iSCSI initiator in Windows 2008 core.

       

      Thanks,

       

      Jesper Ravn

       

       

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    • Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:13 PM
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      Yes, you have to use the iSCSI CLI, i.e. iscsicli.exe.  I know the core Step-by-Step on Technet does not cover this, but hoepfully I can get you started.

       

      If you go here - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12cb3c1a-15d6-4585-b385-befd1319f825&DisplayLang=en and download the documentation, that will get you going as far as command line syntax. 

       

       The iSCSI Inititator is part of Server Core just like the full product so no need to copy any files over.

       

      To get the service configured correctly use the following:

       

      sc \\<server_name> config msiSCSI start= auto  <enter>

       

      Then start the service -

       

      net start MSiSCSI

       

      Configure the firewall to allow for iSCSI using the netsh command.

       

      Then, use the iscsicli to do several things:

       

      1.  Add the target portal

      2.  List the target out to get info you will need

      3.  Login to the target

      4.  Configure a persistent login

      5.  Review the target mappings.

       

      Then, once connected to the target, use diskpart to set up your storage.

       

      You also have the option to do some of this remotely if you configure the firewall on the core machines to allow for Remote Management and Remote Volume Management.

       

      Hope this gets you started.

       

      Thanks.

       

      Chuck