Chavdar Ivanov <ci4...@gmail.com> writes: [snip]
>> > You export raw partition device; if you want to have many targets from >> > one physical disk, you split the disk in any way you can - fdisk, >> > gpt/dkctl or ZFS zvols and export the raw varieties of those. >> >> I have tried to export /dev/rwd0e to only export a slice (created by >> disklabel). It doesn't work (and initiator is unable to use target). I >> haven't tested with a partition created by fdisk. > > If you have a good reason not to use zfs and zvols, then I'd suggest > gpt slices, wich definitely work. > > Zvols are best, IMHO, as you can snapshot them and send/receive them > elsewhere for backup. Pretty much any character based (raw) storage device is usable for iSCSI export, this would include raw zvols (/dev/zvol/rdsk/POOL_NAME/VOL_NAME), /dev/rXXXX and LVM (/dev/VG_NAME/rLV_NAME). I have used a couple of these personally with NetBSD and MS-WINDOWS. But as mentioned, unless you have a very specific reason, you will probably want to make sure that the entire device is exported. That is, you could export /dev/rsd0e where 'e' is not the entire device, but you may have more likely meant /dev/rsd0[c|d]. -- Brad Spencer - b...@anduin.eldar.org - KC8VKS - http://anduin.eldar.org
