Raghu, > While going thru the latest iSCSI target source on the /onnv branch, > I noticed that the target does not write to the XML config files > (config.xml and /etc/iscsi/target_config.xml) any more when the > target configuration changes are made using iscsitadm. It looks like > the latest source is only updating scf when target configuration > changes. Is this how it is going to work in the future?
Yes, and it is likely that other OpenSolaris Services (SMF) that have persistent data will be asked to do the same. > IOW, no more XML config files and only scf will be used for storing > the configuration info? That is correct. Of course one needs to understand that editing the XML configuration files, or using the 'svccfg' utility to alter iSCSI Target persistent data is totally unsupportable, whereas making the changes using the 'iscsitadm' utility is the only supportable means. > I am running a verison of the iSCSI target which updates both the > XML config files and scf. Are you sure that both the XML config file 'and' SCF are being updated? > I am not really sure why the XML file update was dropped on /onnv > branch. Could anyone explain this further? A primary reason for doing this, is that a snapshot can be taken of the entire contents of the SCF database, then a system wide change can be made. If these changes are determined to be unexceptable, the snapshot can be restored, and the system is restored (in part) to its prior state. > > > Thanks > Raghu > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > storage-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss Jim Dunham Storage Platform Software Group Sun Microsystems, Inc. wk: 781.442.4042 http://blogs.sun.com/avs http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/avs/ http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/iscsitgt/ http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/storage/ _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
