HowTo: Mount iSCSI on Debian 6 (Squeeze)

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Install required packages:

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$ apt-get install iscsitarget iscsitarget-dkms open-iscsi

Discover existing iSCSI targets on host $HOST_IP:

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$ iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p $HOST_IP

Should return something like this, for example:

192.168.1.208:3260,1 iqn.2015-10.DVA-Hive:Debian_6.lun1

Information about found/known nodes is stored in: /etc/iscsi/nodes/.

And can be retrieved with:

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$ iscsiadm -m node

Connect the iSCSI target:
In my case, I've configured the iSCSI target without any login (for testing). But in order to connect to it, you still need to "login":

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$ iscsiadm -m node --targetname "iqn.2015-10.DVA-Hive:Debian_6.lun1" --login

Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2015-10.DVA-Hive:Debian_6.lun1, portal: 192.168.1.208,3260]
Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2015-10.DVA-Hive:Debian_6.lun1, portal: 192.168.1.208,3260]: successful

Show new device:

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$ fdisk -l

The iSCSI target will just show up like a raw device (e.g. /dev/sdb).

Partition and format it like a normal device.
You're done!


Based on Falko Timme's HowTo: https://www.howtoforge.com/using-iscsi- ... and-target

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If you want that iSCSI target/device to be mounted automatically upon reboot/startup, do the following:

1) Edit "/etc/iscsi/nodes/*/*/defaults" for this iSCSI target.
Set the "node.startup" to automatic:

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node.startup = automatic

2) Add it to /etc/fstab:
Add an fstab line as usual and add the following parameters:

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defaults,auto,_netdev

For example:

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UUID=6791f623-8ce3-45e7-9df9-429e4bbe0ac2       /mnt/my_iscsi    ext4    defaults,auto,_netdev   0     0