Can you verify that the tgtd target is running properly ? Just try to start it manually as root as : killall -9 tgtd tgtd and verify it is running by netstat -tapn | grep 3260 On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:25 AM, Rob Evers <revers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/13/2012 07:08 PM, ronnie sahlberg wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> If you just want to create a tape drive with a tape loaded, these >> commands should work : >> >> # create a blank tape >> tgtimg --op new --device-type tape --barcode 12345 --size 100 --type >> data --file /data/tape001.img >> >> >> # create a target >> tgtadm --lld iscsi --op new --mode target --tid 1 -T iqn.ronnie.test >> >> # create a SSC LUN for with the blank tape above loaded into the device >> tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 1 -b >> /data/tape001.img --device-type=tape >> > > I get 'tgtadm: invalid request when trying to create the LU > > # tgtimg --op new --device-type tape --barcode 12345 --size 100 --type data > --file /data/tape001.img > blk_sz: 100, next 1152, 1152 > Sizeof(mam): 1104, sizeof(h): 48 > # tgtadm --lld iscsi --op new --mode target --tid 1 -T iqn.ronnie.test > tgtadm: can't send the request to the tgt daemon, Transport endpoint is not > connected > > At this, I did 'service tgtd restart' > > # tgtadm --lld iscsi --op new --mode target --tid 1 -T iqn.ronnie.test > # tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 1 -b > /data/tape001.img --device-type=tape > tgtadm: invalid request > # > > # tgtimg --help > Usage: tgtimg [OPTION] > Linux SCSI Target Framework Image File Utility, version 1.0.24 > > [root@rhel-storage-03 ~]# tgtadm --help > Usage: tgtadm [OPTION] > Linux SCSI Target Framework Administration Utility, version 1.0.24 > > > This is all after a fresh reboot. > > Am I still missing something? > > Rob > -- 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