Static Nimble iSCSI target entries on ESXi hosts reattached after SRM Test / Cleanup

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

This article is intended to explain why you will see Nimble iscsi targets reattched after Site Recovery Manager test/cleanup.

Symptoms:

Static Nimble iSCSI target entries on ESXi hosts reattached after SRM Test / Cleanup

 

Environment

VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.x

Cause

Nimble support reports that certain Nimble OS builds have a default setting for "volume-scope-target" which does not go back and cleanup detached scsi targets.  The other option is group-scope-target which has a built in mechanism to cleanup and detach additional iscsi targets (iqn).

 

Resolution

This is a Nimble OS configuration issue. Contact Nimble Support.

Workaround:

 Manual removal of additional iscsi targets

Additional Information

Best available external explanation: https://infosight.hpe.com/InfoSight/media/cms/active/public/pubs_NimbleOS_5.3.1.100_Help.whz/pkd1536255247713.html

Impact/Risks:

Accumulation of attached iscsi targets above what is required.

Slow reboots due to storage scans of multiple storage target scans