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Hi all,
I've set up WIndows 2003 Enterprise Windows Storage Server (WSS) guest
in Virtual Server 2005 R2 with the intent of creating an iSCSI Target.
The host OS is Windows 2008 x64.
In WSS I have installed the SAN addon to the File Server Role and
proceeded to open the Storage Manager for SAN's MMC however I receive
the following error:
"Unable to find Virtual Disk Service (VDS) or any VDS hardware
providers
installed on this computer. VDS and at least one VDS hardware
provider
must
be installed for storage manager for SANs to be functional."
I have tried setting the Virtual Machine to use both SCSI and IDE disk
emulation, neither have resulted in addressing the problem. I have
ensure that the VDS service is running and have also installed the
SCSI Initiator 2.0 as mentioned in the 2003 R2 Deployment guide.
I have also attempted to upgrade the Basic disks to Dynamic disks -
same VDS error.
Diskraid.exe shows no VDS providers installed.
I would assume that a VDS provider would be included to allow WSS to
talk to its own local disk subsystem. In fact Microsoft mentions this:
"VDS uses two sets of providers to manage your storage devices. The
built-in VDS software providers enable you to manage disks and volumes
at the operating system level. Hardware providers supplied by the
hardware vendor enable you to manage hardware RAID arrays."
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...1477-4f73-a0ae-57b4e90808d81033.mspx?mfr=true
I did have an old copy of Stringbeans iSCSI Wintarget software (this
company was bought out and its technology integrated with WSS) sitting
around and sure enough it worked like
a charm under the same configuration. Unfortunatley the Wintarget
software I have is Eval only and has been discontinued.
So what gives? Is WSS VDS not compatible with Virtual Server 2005 R2
or am I missing something?
Thanks much in advance!
I've set up WIndows 2003 Enterprise Windows Storage Server (WSS) guest
in Virtual Server 2005 R2 with the intent of creating an iSCSI Target.
The host OS is Windows 2008 x64.
In WSS I have installed the SAN addon to the File Server Role and
proceeded to open the Storage Manager for SAN's MMC however I receive
the following error:
"Unable to find Virtual Disk Service (VDS) or any VDS hardware
providers
installed on this computer. VDS and at least one VDS hardware
provider
must
be installed for storage manager for SANs to be functional."
I have tried setting the Virtual Machine to use both SCSI and IDE disk
emulation, neither have resulted in addressing the problem. I have
ensure that the VDS service is running and have also installed the
SCSI Initiator 2.0 as mentioned in the 2003 R2 Deployment guide.
I have also attempted to upgrade the Basic disks to Dynamic disks -
same VDS error.
Diskraid.exe shows no VDS providers installed.
I would assume that a VDS provider would be included to allow WSS to
talk to its own local disk subsystem. In fact Microsoft mentions this:
"VDS uses two sets of providers to manage your storage devices. The
built-in VDS software providers enable you to manage disks and volumes
at the operating system level. Hardware providers supplied by the
hardware vendor enable you to manage hardware RAID arrays."
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...1477-4f73-a0ae-57b4e90808d81033.mspx?mfr=true
I did have an old copy of Stringbeans iSCSI Wintarget software (this
company was bought out and its technology integrated with WSS) sitting
around and sure enough it worked like
a charm under the same configuration. Unfortunatley the Wintarget
software I have is Eval only and has been discontinued.
So what gives? Is WSS VDS not compatible with Virtual Server 2005 R2
or am I missing something?
Thanks much in advance!