On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:58:07 +0200 Mark Ruys <mark.ruys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm sorry if I post this question to the wrong list, but... > > For about a year now I have a iSCSI target running fine. Today I needed > to add a target, so I logged and typed: > > $ sudo tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode target --op show > tgtadm: can't send the request to the tgt daemon, Transport endpoint is > not connected > > As this is a production machine, this really scares me. Currently, all > targets seem to run fine. How should I interpret this message and how to > get tgtadm running again? I can't afford any downtime, so I must be as > careful as possible. Hmm, the message means that tgtadm can't connect to tgtd. Usually, you can see this message when tgtd dies. But your 'ps' output says that tgtd runs fine. Your initiators works so obviously tgtd works... > Thanks! > > Mark > > $ cat /etc/redhat-release > CentOS release 5.6 (Final) > > $ rpm -qa | grep scsi > scsi-target-utils-1.0.8-0.el5_6.1 > iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-6.el5 > > $ uname -a > Linux akira.in2sports.net 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Sep 29 12:50:31 > EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > $ ps waux | grep scsi > root 486 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] > root 507 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_1] > root 508 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_2] > root 509 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 68:34 [scsi_eh_3] > root 510 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_4] > root 1278 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_5] > root 1281 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_6] > markr 21395 0.0 0.0 61180 756 pts/0 SN+ 14:52 0:00 grep scsi > > $ ps waux | grep tgt > root 6657 1.4 0.0 217804 1436 ? Ssl 2010 3970:29 tgtd > root 6658 0.0 0.0 12416 408 ? S 2010 0:00 tgtd > markr 21397 0.0 0.0 61176 752 pts/0 SN+ 14:52 0:00 grep tgt > > $ sudo service tgtd status > tgtd (pid 6658 6657) is running... > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html