FC target failing with 3x ESXi4.1 initiators

[172pilot]

BTW.. The OPen-E is latest code.. says there's no upgrades available..

[Gr-R]

try a second LUN on the target, so you have one vm per LUN.

[172pilot]

try a second LUN on the target, so you have one vm per LUN.

Is that a general recommendation with Open-E, or just a troubleshooting point? Based on the one VM working, I had kind of come to the same conclusion, and have now migrated that one VM off so that I can destroy and rebuild with multiple LUNs..

The only problem is that without thin provisioning, which I can't find any mention of support for, that means I'm going to be doing a lot of managing the volume sizes as my machines grow, unless I'm missing something.

I'm definitely going to try this, but I'm curious if this is generally a requirement with Open-E, or just a troubleshooting step for my issue?

Thanks!!

-Steve

[To-M]

You mentioned that you have 3 ESX servers going to the same LUN - is the ESX servers setup in a HA? Is the Target / Qlogic dual port and you use just one port by specifying one to be initiator and the other a target then you might want to create a group and place the initiator WWN Alias for the LUN and test.