kiscsiadm - a GUI for iscsi/open-iscsi
Howto's for the kiscsiadmin:
Fedora Core 4
Debian 3.1
kiscsiadmin on Fedora Core 4
- install fedora core 4
- yum install the following packages (or makes sure they are installed already) :
gcc, cpp, gcc-c++, qt-devel, db4-devel, kernel-devel
For packaging you also need :
rpm-devel + rpm-build
- get a 2.6.13 (vanilla) kernel source from http://www.kernel.org
(newer kernels are currently known to have problems
with the latest open-iscsi release)
cd /usr/src
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.13.tar.bz2
- unzip/untar the kernel-sources in /usr/src
tar -xjvf linux-2.6.13.tar.bz2
- run the following commands to prepare and compile the kernel :
cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.13
make mrproper
make clean
cp ../linux-[fedora-kernel-version]/config/[kernel-config-fitting-to-your-hardware].config .config
make oldconfig [answer Y to "most" of the questions]
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13
cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.13
depmod -a
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.13.img 2.6.13
Now add the new compiled kernel to your boot-manager.
for grub the new kernel-entry should look "similar" to this :
title linux-open-iscsi
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13 root=/dev/hda1 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.13.img
(depends on the specific setup)
Now reboot into the new kernel.
Now get, compile and install open-iscsi :
cd /usr/src
wget http://www.open-iscsi.org/bits/open-iscsi-0.4-434.tar.gz
tar -xzvf open-iscsi-0.4-434.tar.gz
cd open-iscsi-0.4-434
make KSRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.13
make install KSRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.13 (needs to be run as root)
Ok, great :)
Now let us create the needed initiatorname file in /etc (as root).
echo "InitiatorName=iqn.1989-05.com.cisco:01.3c74d26df1fa" > /etc/initiatorname.iscsi
This file is needed to start the iscsi-initiator.
The string in it can be "almost" any string identifier.
Starting iscsi :
modprobe scsi_transport_iscsi
modprobe iscsi_tcp
iscsid
(yes, it is sooo easy)
Now let get the kiscsiadmin compiled and working.
First get the latest kiscsiadmin release from : http://kiscsiadm.sourceforge.net/index.html
cp kiscsiadm-[latest-release].tgz /usr/src
cd /usr/src
tar -xzvf kiscsiadm-[latest-release].tgz
cd kiscsiadm
make OPEN_ISCSI_SRC=/usr/src/open-iscsi-0.4-434
Now you can start the kiscsiadmin by running (as root) :
./kiscsiadmin
To install it at system-level run in /usr/src/kiscsiadm as root :
make install OPEN_ISCSI_SRC=/usr/src/open-iscsi-0.4-434
kiscsiadmin on Debian 3.1
- on Debian do a :
apt-get install libqt3-compat-headers libqt3-mt-dev libdb4.3 libdb4.3-dev
or make sure those packages are installed already.
- for Debian on 2.6 kernels "mv insmod insomd.old", do this for all modutils
cp the static busybox (from the opennemo-initrd) to /sbin and create links from
busybox to insmod, rmmod, lsmod, modprobe, ..
-> the latest busybox can handle 2.4. and 2.6 kernel modules
..... but there is no depmod !
cp the static depmod from the opennemo initrd to /sbin
This makes a 2.6 kernel "mostly" working on debian
! for iscsi you need to make sure that the "sd_mod" is insmodded
(some modprobe commands may fail because of the busybox-modprobe
with diffrent syntax)
-> optional to the above steps get new modutils from the opennemo compilation
(it compiles modutils + module-utils (old + new))
After this just follow the steps in the kiscsiadmin howto for fedora core 4 above.
Hope you enjoy this free software !
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