If you have stored your data in an iSCSI target volume, you can connect to the iSCSI volume and recover data. The iSCSI volume lets you manage data and transfer data over a network.
Verify that you have the latest release of the iSCSI-initiator software installed on your Backup Server. The initiator software on RHEL systems is packaged as iscsi-initiator-utils. The initiator software on SLES systems is packaged as open-iscsi.
Follow these steps:
/etc/init.d/iscsid start
The service on RHEL systems is named iscsid.
/etc/init.d/open-iscsi start
The service on SLES systems is named open-iscsi.
iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number>
The default port value of iSCSI target host is 3260.
#fdisk -l
iscsiadm -m node -T <iSCSI Target IQN name> -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number> -l
You can see a block device in the /dev directory of the Backup Server.
#fdisk -l
You can see an additional device named /dev/sd<x> on the Backup Server.
For example, consider the name of the device is /dev/sdc. This device name is used to create a partition and a file system in the following steps.
# mkdir /iscsi
# mount /dev/sdc1 /iscsi
Note: When you specify the session location in the Restore Wizard, you need to select Local and enter the path /iscsi.
Example: <path>/iscsi
/dev/sdc1 /iscsi ext3 _netdev 0 0
The Backup Server can now connect to the iSCSI volume and can recover data from the iSCSI volume.
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