3.5. Accessing iSCSI Targets from Microsoft Hyper-V¶

1. Make sure that Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service, MSiSCSI, is running.

2. Discover a new target portal. For example, for the portal 192.168.10.100, run:

   PS C:\Users\Administrator>new-iscsitargetportal \
   -targetportaladdress 192.168.10.100
   Initiator Instance Name  :
   Initiator Portal Address :
   IsDataDigest             : False
   IsHeaderDigest           : False
   TargetPortalAddress      : 192.168.10.100
   TargetPortalPortNumber   : 3260
   .. _PSComputerName           ::
   
   PSComputerName           :
   

3. Connect to the desired target. For example, for the target iqn.2014-03.com.vstorage:test1, run:

   PS C:\Users\Administrator> connect-iscsitarget
   cmdlet Connect-IscsiTarget at command pipeline position 1
   Supply values for the following parameters:
   NodeAddress: iqn.2014-04.com.vstorage:test1
   AuthenticationType      : NONE
   InitiatorInstanceName   : ROOT\ISCSIPRT\0000_0
   InitiatorNodeAddress    : iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:win-l2dj7g36n7e...
   InitiatorPortalAddress  : 0.0.0.0
   InitiatorSideIdentifier : 400001370000
   IsConnected             : True
   IsDataDigest            : False
   IsDiscovered            : True
   IsHeaderDigest          : False
   IsPersistent            : False
   NumberOfConnections     : 1
   SessionIdentifier       : ffffe00000b5e020-4000013700000005
   TargetNodeAddress       : iqn.2014-04.com.vstorage:test1
   TargetSideIdentifier    : 0001
   .. _PSComputerName          ::
   
   PSComputerName          :
   

4. To check that the disk has been connected, run

   PS C:\Users\Administrator> get-disk
   Number Friendly Name                     OperationalStatus Total Size
   ------ -------------                     ----------------- ----------
   1      IET VIRTUAL-DISK SCSI Disk Device Offline           100 GB RAW
   ...
   

You can now initialise the newly mounted disk for use in Microsoft Hyper-V.

For more information, see the Microsoft documentation.