2. Configuring iSCSI Target Server
This section describes how to perform the following tasks for
iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2012:
The section shows how to perform these tasks using both Server
Manager and Windows PowerShell.
Before you configure iSCSI Target Server, you should enable
the iSCSI Initiator feature on the computer that will be connecting
to the Target server. The following procedure shows how to enable
the iSCSI Initiator feature on a server running Windows Server
2012:
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Open Server Manager, and select iSCSI Initiator from the
Tools menu.
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When the Microsoft iSCSI dialog box appears, click Yes to
start the Microsoft iSCSI Service and close the dialog
box:
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When the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box opens,
click OK to close it.
You can also enable the iSCSI initiator by using Windows
PowerShell to start the Microsoft iSCSI Service and change the
service startup type to Automatic by running these two
commands:
Start-Service msiscsi
Set-Service msiscsi -startuptype "automatic"
Installing the iSCSI Target Server role
Installing
the File And iSCSI Services role service of the File And Storage
Services role on a server running Windows Server 2012 adds a new
File And Storage Services page to Server Manager. Selecting this
page displays a number of subpages, including one named iSCSI, but
if you select this iSCSI page you will see a message in the iSCSI
Virtual Disks tile as shown in Figure 2. This message
indicates you must first install iSCSI Target Server before you can
use the page to manage iSCSI storage.
You can install the iSCSI Target Server role using either
Server Manager or Windows PowerShell. To install iSCSI Target Server
using Server Manager, launch the Add Roles And Features Wizard from
the Manage menu. On the Select Server Roles page of this wizard, you
will see two iSCSI role services as shown in Figure 3:
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iSCSI Target Server
Installing this role service installs services and management
tools for iSCSI Targets.
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iSCSI Target Storage Provider (VDS
and VSS hardware providers) Installing this role
service enables applications on a server that is connected to an
iSCSI target to perform volume shadow copies of data on iSCSI
virtual disks.
Note
iSCSI Target Storage Provider and VDS
Installing the iSCSI Target Storage Provider (VDS and VSS
hardware providers) role service also enables you to manage iSCSI
virtual disks using management tools that use the deprecated
Virtual Disk Service (VDS). Examples of such tools include the
Disk Management MMC snap-in, the Diskpart command, and the
Diskraid command.
Important
Where to install iSCSI Target Storage Provider
You should not install the iSCSI Target Storage Provider
role service on a server that has the iSCSI Target Server role
service installed. Instead, install the iSCSI Target Storage
Provider on the server you use to centrally manage storage for
your environment.
You can also use Windows PowerShell to install iSCSI Target
Server. You can do this by using the Add-WindowsFeature cmdlet like
this:
Add-WindowsFeature -Name FS-iSCSITarget-Server
No restart is needed after installing this role
service.
