I have a 3-node cluster to which I have been attempting to add some iSCSI shared storage. The iSCSI target is on a FreeNAS host and I've configured it for Mutual CHAP. Two of the nodes in the cluster connect fine but the third just shows the storage as 'Active: No'. I have verified using diff that the contents of /etc/iscsid/iscsid.conf doesn't differ between working and non-working machines. FreeNAS is currently set to 'Allow All Initiators' for the target, although previously it listed the two working initiators in the 'Connected Initiators' list, so it definitely is set to support multiple connections. Both working and non-working nodes are updated to the same package versions (Proxmox 6.3-3). What else could I try to debug this?
iSCSI inconsistency in 3-node cluster
- Thread starter tomgibson
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Running the above revealed that the host was trying to connect to the wrong IP - I had a different DNS server configured for the non-working host so the FreeNAS hostname was being resolved incorrectly. Fixed the DNS issue and it all started working immediately, thanks for enabling me to reveal my blunder!
You make an excellent point, there isn't really an advantage to using DNS for my use case as I don't plan on changing the target IP anyway. I'll switch it to IP to avoid this recurring
