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Enabling Flex Client access to target

Whether you’ve installed the Microsoft iSCSI software initiator or you are using the software initiator that is already installed on Windows Server 2008, Vista or Win7, you may need to modify or verify a few initiator settings.

Configuring the node name on SAN target to match initiator name

If required by your iSCSI target vendor, configure the initiator node name of the boot volume that you created on the SAN to match the initiator name of the Double-Take Flex Client. The following screens show an example using the LeftHand Networks Centralized Management Console and Microsoft iSCSI initiator.

Configuring iSCSI initiator properties

To configure iSCSI initiator properties, launch the initiator applet. (Microsoft or Double-Take Flex iSCSI Initiator Properties).

• If using the Microsoft iSCSI initiator for copying the system:

1. On the Discovery tab, add the iSCSI target vendor.
2. On the Targets tab, log in to the iSCSI target indicated in the previous step.

• If using the Double-Take Flex iSCSI initiator for copying the system:

1. Launch the Double-Take Flex iSCSI Initiator Control Panel applet.
2. Confirm the connection to the intended iSCSI target.

If copying boot volumes (partitions)

1. Open the Disk Management MMC.
2. Select Start, right-click My Computer, then click Manage.

The Computer Management MMC opens.

3. Under the Storage icon, click Disk Management, or click Start, Run, type diskmgmt.msc, then click OK.

• If a wizard appears, having detected the "new" disk, do NOT set it up as a Dynamic Disk if prompted. You can proceed to use the wizard to initialize the disk (write signature, partition, format, and mark as active).
• If the wizard does not appear, you should see the iSCSI target available as a disk. If the disk has not been used before, it will likely be labeled as being in an "Unknown" state and marked with a red caution symbol. The right side will indicate the available space and that the disk is currently unallocated.

4. Right-click the portion of the line that contains Disk 1 (the grey label where you see the red caution symbol), and select the option to write a signature.
5. After the signature is written to the disk, right-click the right side (currently indicating "unallocated") and select the option Create Partition.

This will start a wizard to guide you through the process of initializing the disk.

6. Proceed with the wizard.

When prompted to set the partition type, choose Primary Partition. You can format the disk now or later via the Double-Take Flex System Copy tool. Whether or not you format the drive now, it will get formatted again later during the system copy.

7. Mark this partition as active and exit the Disk Management MMC.