Configuring QoreStor iSCSI VTL with Microsoft Windows (4043148)

1. Setup user

1. In web interface go to Users
2. By default there is a user named iscsi_user with default password of St0r@ge!iscsi
3. If you want to changer user then delete existing user then add user
4. The important thing is that the role needs to be set to ISCSI
5. Password needs to be 12-16 charcters with at least one special character !@#$%^&*()_+~`-={[}]|\:;

2. Setup VTL container

1. In web interface go to Containers
2. Click add Add Container
3. Set Protocol to Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
4. Click Next
5. Set Access Protocol to iSCSI
6. Set FQDN or IP Address to the client that will have the iscsi initiator

3. Configure iSCSI Initiator on Microsoft Windows

1. On quick connect tab of iscsi initiator put in name or ip of the QS instance and hit Quick Connect.  (Note: this will fail)
2. Open the iSCSI initiator on Microsoft Windows.  (you can run iscsicpl.exe from run box or search for it)
3. On the targets tab under quick connect --> Target in name or ip of the QS instance and hit Quick Connect.  (Note: this will fail to authenticate)
4. Select the new discovered target and click connect
5. Click Advanced
6. Connect Using can in most cases be left as default, but if you are having issues
   1. Local Adapter: Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
   2. Initiator IP: Initiator IP address that is same that was configured in step 2f.
   3. Target Portal IP: IP address of the QoreStor server
7. Check Enable CHAP on Log on
8. Name = Username configured in Qorestor
9. Target secret = Password for user configured in Qorestor
10. Hit OK twice and it should connect if everything was correct.

4. Verify Devices

Verify devices show up in device manager (should be one medium changer and ten tape drives)