Using iSCSI Storage On Your QNAP - What, Why, And How To Do It

[@vetnet100]

What an excellent presentation, Mike. I learn so much from your videos! Thank you!

[@MikeFaucher]

Thank you very much. Appreciate the feedback.

[@octaveanaugustus307]

It’s criminal that this video only got 51 likes so far. Keep up up the good work!

[@MikeFaucher]

I guess it is not a hot topic. Thank you, I appreciate your feedback.

[@NayabHKhan]

@@MikeFaucher I just pushed this up to 75 :) Happy 2023 :)

[@MikeFaucher]

@@NayabHKhan Thank You! And to you.

[@AinzOoalG0wn]

only 100+ likes? honestly it deserves more. this video perfectly introduces what iscsi is and used for. I learned a lot.

[@DavidM2002]

Thanks again for furthering my education Mike. I had no idea what this was for and you explained it all beautifully.

[@MikeFaucher]

Glad it was helpful and thank you very much for the feedback.

[@Strammeiche]

Great and easy to understand video, thank you very much!

[@MikeFaucher]

Glad you found it helpful and thanks for the feedback!

[@gatsbylee2773]

Really good. Thank you!!

[@MikeFaucher]

Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback!

[@ApagerDemo]

Thank you very much for this awesome tutorial!

[@MikeFaucher]

Glad you liked it and thank you for the feedback.

[@animalfrendo]

Excellent explanation and tutorial 👍🙏

[@MikeFaucher]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the feedback.

[@golfgreats5527]

Great job mate! What's best practice if you're using the NAS as Iscsi for VM storage and need to update the NAS firmware

[@MikeFaucher]

No change in the practice, but you target will be unavailable during the update. If you are concerned, schedule your firmware manually so you know when things will be down. Thanks for the feedback.

[@golfgreats5527]

@@MikeFaucher so shutdown the vms first or disconnect the storage

[@MikeFaucher]

@@golfgreats5527 The safe way is VMs, Storage, then update, however when you execute the firmware update, it will shut down all the services for you and that should work fine.

[@byrd203]

You Can Make The ISCS Smaller if you follow this step. Install Acronis True Home Make Backup Image of the ISCS Drive once done very the backup Delete THE ISCS Lun then Recreate the LUN with the smaller size but still has free space then read drive on the client end then restore the LUN by using accronis True Home protect from image once Dun the Drive is now smaller

[@MikeFaucher]

I would do a simple file copy to move the files from the ISCI drive and then restore them once you have a smaller drive.

[@annenwobu489]

Can I use the iSCSI drive away from home? ie outside my local network.

[@MikeFaucher]

As iSCSI is better suited for a single system, storage will tied to that system. What you are describing is better suited with network shares.

[@majdaljarbani86]

Great video and well explained, I followed every step in it and I used the CHAP authentication but there is a problem I could not solve which is when I try to use iscsi initiator and type the user name and password I get an error that the credentials are wrong and I know they are correct. How can I solve this problem? thank you.

[@MikeFaucher]

I have never tried CHAP so I really can't offer much help. Thanks for the feedback.

[@puyja]

one lun can be use on multiple pc?

[@MikeFaucher]

You have to create two. You can share one just as a normal drive but it is not recommend. If you need to share space, either create two of them or use a standard share. Hope that helps.

[@speedbird737]

Just be warned you can't see the contents/ files of the LUN on the NAS directly only the LUN details!!!

[@MikeFaucher]

Thanks for pointing that out.

[@byrd203]

Do not dp Block lever backup on;y do data backup this will only copy files to image then follow my comment bellow

[@MikeFaucher]

Thanks for the feedback.