Current Setup:
- Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN
- 2 ESXi hosts (esx01, esx02) running ESXi 4.0.0
- vSphere version 4.0.0
- 6 LUNs configured
- 2 Datastores shared between esx01 and esx02 (Datastore01, Datastore02)
What I'm trying to do:
Add a 3rd shared Datastore accessible by both esx01 and esx02 (called Datastore03)
What I did:
- Setup new LUN on the SAN
- 2. On esx01, rescanned/refreshed the Storage Adapters. This caused a new entry to appear under the Details > View (Devices) section of the Storage Adapters screen.
- Also on esx01, I then went to Storage > Add Storage > Disk/LUN, selected the identified LUN and added it as Datastore03.
- Verified that Datastore03 shows under the Datastores list on the Storage screen.
What's not working:
I did the same Storage Adapter rescan/refresh on esx02, however this did not result in the new LUN appearing under the Details > View (Devices) section. This means that I'm not able to get the esx02 server to recogize Datastore03 (it does not appear under the Datastores list on the Storage screen).
However - When I click on Properties on the Details section of the Storage Adapters tab and look at the Static Discovery tab, I do see it as an iSCSI target as target name iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-d932edf02-e755a12774d4dc15-datastore03
What I've tried:
- Multiple rescans/refreshes of the iSCSI Software Adapter
- Multiple refreshes of the Datastores list on the Storage screen
- Reboot of esx02 host
- Reboot of the vSphere vCenter server
It has been awhile since I last added Datastore02, but it worked without issue at that time, so I'm unsure of what else to check at this point.
Anyone have suggestions?