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I’ve been digging into Proxmox VE 3.4 quite a bit lately. I have a FreeNAS server on my network that I use for VM storage in my lab. When I went to add an iSCSI target on Proxmox for virtual machine and image storage, it was a bit confusing. So, I thought I would put a quick step by step guide together to help other folks in the same boat. Here goes.
How to add an iSCSI target in Proxmox
First, log into your Proxmox VE 3.4 server via the web interface. Make sure Datacenter (top level) is selected in the left pane, and make sure you are on the Storage tab on the right pane. It should look like this.
Now, click on the Add pull down menu, and select iSCSI.
This can look a bit intimidating because the naming scheme used isn’t very intuitive. It’s really not that bad once you know what to do.
Now, click on the Add pull down menu, and select iSCSI.
This can look a bit intimidating because the naming scheme used isn’t very intuitive. It’s really not that bad once you know what to do.
Go ahead and type in a name for the iSCSI drive in ID. This can be anything you like, such as, iSCSI-share.
Portal is the IP address of your iSCSI target. In my case, the FreeNAS server is at 192.168.1.57 on my lab network. Once you enter the IP address, when you click the target down arrow, it will automatically populate with all of the available iSCSI targets on that particular host. Like This.
Select your desired target, and click Add. Now, it’s added but it isn’t usable quite yet. At this point it’s no more than a raw unformatted, unpartitioned drive. So, were going to set up LVM on it, so it has a usable partition and its formated.
Portal is the IP address of your iSCSI target. In my case, the FreeNAS server is at 192.168.1.57 on my lab network. Once you enter the IP address, when you click the target down arrow, it will automatically populate with all of the available iSCSI targets on that particular host. Like This.
Select your desired target, and click Add. Now, it’s added but it isn’t usable quite yet. At this point it’s no more than a raw unformatted, unpartitioned drive. So, were going to set up LVM on it, so it has a usable partition and its formated.
How to create an LVM group on an iSCSI target
Click on Add (the same Add we used to add the iSCSI target) and select LVM.
You will see this box.
Once again, give it a name. It can be very similar to the name you gave your iSCSI target. This will be the actual drive you will select for VM storage and what not, so keep that in mind when you name it. Put your desired name in the ID field.
You will see this box.
Once again, give it a name. It can be very similar to the name you gave your iSCSI target. This will be the actual drive you will select for VM storage and what not, so keep that in mind when you name it. Put your desired name in the ID field.
Next, under Base storage,select the iSCSI target we added earlier. Then, under base volume, all of the LUNs for that iSCSI target are listed. Most of the time, there is only a single LUN, so go ahead and select it.
Volume Group is a name for the LVM group itself. I usually just put the same thing in the Volume Group field as I did in the ID field.
Make sure you click the Shared checkbox!!
Go ahead and click add.
Go ahead and click add.
That’s it! Your iSCSI target now has LVM set up on it and it’s ready to store your virtual machines.
If you run into any problems, feel free to ask for help in the comments below. Thanks!