Release Notes

Release Notes— Fluid Cache for SAN for VMware Systems
Unable to add a Fluid Cache ESXi 6.0 host to an existing server cluster
ISSUE: When configuring Fluid Cache VSA iSCSI interface on the Fuid Cache Cluster ESXi5.5U3
and ESXi6.0U1 platforms during VSA installation, the following error message is displayed.
Cannot configure ISCSI initiator already configured for a different ESX host.
WORKAROUND 1 (Preferred):
Perform the following steps and configure the iSCSI section in the VSA setup.
1. In the <is it VMware vSphere Web client?> Web Client, open the VSA console, and
enable SSH.
2. Log in to VSA through SSH.
3. Run the following command to navigate to the iscsi directory:
#cd /etc/iscsi
4. Open the initiatorname.iscsi file and verify if the value for the InitiatorName is in asterix
(*). For example:
root@localhost iscsi]# cat initiatorname.iscsi
InitiatorName=***************************************
5. Run the following command to edit the initiatorname.iscsi file.
#vi initiatorname.iscsi
6. Change the characters with asterisk (*) with the proper ESXi Hosts vmhba## software
IQN that the VSA is associated. For example:
root@localhost iscsi]# cat initiatorname.iscsi
InitiatorName=iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:FLDC-QAESXi55U1-Srv1-48a43810
7. Run the following command to restart iscsid service.
#service iscsid restart
WORKAROUND 2:
Perform the steps provided in the section “Configuring the VSA” of the deployment guide in the
following sequence:
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