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Crash893
Asked: 2013-10-30 13:50:51 +0800 CST

Create a share on iscsi drive in Windows Server 2012

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I am brand new to server administration but I don't belive im trying to do anything to exotic

I have a windows server 2012 (standard) and a drobo 800i

My goal is to setup company shares on the iscsi target I have setup on the drobo

So far I have:

  • initialized the iscsi and connected
  • made the iscsi disk read/write(it default started as read only)
  • formatted and mounted it (as drive E:)

from the server local desktop I can see and write files to the E:\ drive

  • in shares wizard I do not see it as a volume option
  • when I view the volumes window I see (e: drobo Fixed 16tb 16tb)

I'm new to everything but I would think since its a mounted drive I should be able to share a folder on it but it appears its not that straight forward

suggestions?

windows-server-2012

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The loss of your Drobo's shared resource settings (i.e., the volumes do not show) can be caused when the server service in Windows starts up before the iSCSI Initiator service does. The server service needs the iSCSI service to have already started file shares.

    For Windows 2008:

    1. Go to Control Panel.
    2. Open "ISCSi Initiator."
    3. Go to Volumes and Devices (performs the "bind volume" operation).
    4. Click on Auto Configure. 5. Assuming the Drobo is mounted (boxes checked in Dashboard), the window (Auto Configure) should populate with drive letters, mapped to the Drobo device.

    See more at: http://support.drobo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/309#sthash.eppD4y9h.dpuf

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