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R.Smits

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Jun 18, 2007, 3:20:15 PM6/18/07
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Hello, we have a problem with the iscsi initiator on Solaris 10. As soon
as we run it it goes into maintenance. Also iscsiadm does not work.

# iscsiadm list discovery
iscsiadm: unexpected OS error
iscsiadm: Unable to complete operation

Hardware is a Sun V480.
We did an upgrade from Solaris 8 to 10.
SunOS srv01 5.10 Generic_125100-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R

maintenance 20:41:48 svc:/network/iscsi_initiator:default

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svcs -xv
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svc:/network/iscsi_initiator:default (?)
State: maintenance since Mon Jun 18 20:41:48 2007
Reason: Start method failed repeatedly, last exited with status 255.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
See: /etc/svc/volatile/network-iscsi_initiator:default.log
See: /var/svc/log/network-iscsi_initiator:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.
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/var/svc/log/network-iscsi_initiator:default.log
[ Jun 18 20:18:49 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/iscsid") ]
[ Jun 18 20:18:49 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
[ Jun 18 20:18:49 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/iscsid") ]
[ Jun 18 20:18:49 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
[ Jun 18 20:18:49 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/iscsid") ]
[ Jun 18 20:18:49 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
[ Jun 18 20:19:28 Leaving maintenance because clear requested. ]
[ Jun 18 20:19:28 Enabled. ]
[ Jun 18 20:19:28 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/iscsid") ]
[ Jun 18 20:19:28 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
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Patches applies :

srv01{root}134: patchadd -p | grep -i iscsi

Patch: 119090-22 Obsoletes: 121980-03 123500-02 Requires: 118833-25
Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWiscsir SUNWiscsiu

Patch: 119092-10 Obsoletes: Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWiscsir

Patch: 119090-24 Obsoletes: 121980-03 123500-02 Requires: 118833-36
Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWiscsir SUNWiscsiu

What can we do to fix this problem ? Any help is very appreciated.
Greetings... Richard

R.Smits

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Jun 18, 2007, 3:47:52 PM6/18/07
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Folowup :
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# iscsiadm add discovery-address 172.16.2.12:3260

iscsiadm: unexpected OS error
iscsiadm: Unable to complete operation

We have many servers, but I have never seen this before ?

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Tiz

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Jun 20, 2007, 2:21:49 PM6/20/07
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I have a working iscsi system at the following patch level:

$ patchadd -p | grep -i iscsi

Patch: 119090-22 Obsoletes: 121980-03 123500-02 Requires: 118833-25
Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWiscsir SUNWiscsiu
Patch: 119092-10 Obsoletes: Requires: Incompatibles: Packages:
SUNWiscsir

$ uname -a
SunOS <snip> 5.10 Generic_118833-36 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R


Can you do a:

# iscsiadm list discovery
Discovery:
Static: disabled
Send Targets: enabled
iSNS: disabled

Make sure the one of the methods is enabled.

-Tiz

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