You have a higher respect for windows then several people I know... do you work for Microsoft or something?
-Adam :) On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Gabriele Bulfon <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, not just an illumos issue, but a general question about iscsi targets. > > I happened into a stupid event, because of my mistake. > > I forgot to allow iscsi initiator to listen on the SAN network only, so > it was listening on the CIFS network too. > I created some sample volumes and shared iscsi, without restricting them > to a single client. > Someone in the LAN enjoyed his Windows7 iscsi initiator and found the > disks in the LAN, so he came to me and > told me about his discovery, and I told him they were just sample for my > tests and not to use them. > He disconnected the iscsi initiator. > > Later, I attached these sample volumes to a Windows server, via direct > iscsi from Windows (not a vmware one). > So, the resource was NTFS formatted. > > After sometime, this volume became corrupted, the NTFS filesystem was a > mess. > I discovered that the boy's Windows7 remembered the initiator, and all by > itself it discovered the resource, > found that it was NTFS formatted, and decided it should be mounted > automatically, with no question! > The boy did not notice it for some hours, then he found the new disk in > "My Computer". > He disconnected again the resource, and found it was stored as a preferred > destination (this doesn't mean you f*** windows are allowed to decide to > mount everything NTFS around!!), removed it and came to me to warn me about > it. > What happened, is that his f*** windows7's antivirus started scanning the > new disk with no advice, so corrupting... > > Now. > I understand my fault. > Did not let the initiator work only on the SAN network. > Did not let the iscsi share be assigned to one and only iscsi client. > But, my question is: > > What is the meaning of allowing an iscsi server initiator to allow the > use of a raw shared device to multiple clients? > Isn't this unsafe in any case? > > Anyway, Window's a f*** devil! ;) > > Gabriele. > *illumos-discuss* | > Archives<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/23587090-93bb4910> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
