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STARWIND TARGET LICENSE KEY
STARWIND TARGET INSTALL
STARWIND TARGET PASSWORD
STARWIND TARGET LICENSE

STARWIND TARGET LICENSE

Run the package and Accept le license agreement.

STARWIND TARGET LICENSE KEY

You will also receive a TRIAL license key that you must copy on your StarWind server. Let’s start by downloading the EXE from the following link.

STARWIND TARGET INSTALL

StarWind Virtual SAN® basically “mirrors” inexpensive internal storage between hostsįirst, you must create a Windows Server based Virtual Machine, install the StarWind EXE on this Windows Server 2016. It creates a fault-tolerant and high-performing storage pool that is built for the virtualization workload “from scratch”. StarWind Virtual SAN® is entirely software-based, hypervisor-centric virtual machine storage. StarWind Virtual SAN delivers performance and reliability using commercial off-the-shelf hardware, removing the need for costly proprietary components. Make sure to modify the values marked with a red line in order to fit your setup (host IP, port, user, password), save the script and run it.StarWind VSAN eliminates any need in physical shared storage by simply mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers. In order to list all the devices and targets on the StarWind host, run enumDevicesTargets.ps1 script.Ħ. After the device is created, you should see the following:ĥ.

sectorSize Enter Device sector size (512 for ESXi or 4096 for Hyper-V, SOFS) Ĥ.

fileName Has to be equal to the value fileName in the #create image file section.

path Has to be equal to the value path in the #create image file section.

size Enter image file size in megabytes.

path Enter the path to an existing directory where image file will be located.

STARWIND TARGET PASSWORD

user and password Enter the StarWind username and password (default values are: username: root, password: starwind).

port Enter the StarWind service connection port number (3261 by default).

host Enter the IP address of the host that has StarWind Service installed.

Open the file CreateImageFile.ps1 via PowerShell ISE (or any other text editor) and change the values marked with red. Locate the file named CreateImageFile.ps1 and copy it to any other place for further editing.ģ. Open the folder that contains StarWind PowerShell samples.īy default samples are located in the following folder:Ĭ:\Program Files\StarWind Software\StarWind\StarWindX\Samples\powershell.Ģ. To create an image file device with PowerShell script:ġ. The device added will appear in StarWind Management Console. Click Create to add a new device and attach it to the target.ġ5. Select the Allow multiple concurrent iSCSI Connections checkbox if you want to enable several clients to connect simultaneously to the target.ġ2.

NOTE: Specifying a reasonable name and alias simplifies navigation through the available iSCSI targets. Otherwise, the name is generated automatically in accordance with the specified target alias. Select the Target Name checkbox to enter a custom name of a target. Select a method of target attachment and fill in the Target Alias text field. NOTE: L2 cache can be used with LSFS or flat storage devices for performance acceleration. Define the L2 caching policy and the cache size. NOTE: It is recommended to read the information on implementing of cache at the link below before adding it: ĩ. NOTE: It is not recommended to configure cache in Write-Back mode on Standalone devices in order to avoid possible data corruption upon power outage or incorrect service shutdown. You can also set the maximum available cache size by selecting the appropriate checkbox. Define the caching policy and specify the cache size (in MB). NOTE: Use 4096 Virtual Block size for a Windows-based system or 512 bytes sector size for a Linux-based system (ESXi/Xen/KVM).ħ. NOTE: To learn more about the LSFS options read the Creating a New LSFS Device section. Thick provisioned - to create an image file device.

Specify Virtual Disk Options and click Next. Specify the Virtual Disk Name, Location, and Size. Select Hard disk device as a type of a device to be created.ĥ. As Add Device Wizard appears, follow the instructions to complete the creation of a new image file device.ģ.

Select a StarWind server and click the Add Device (advanced) button on the toolbar.Ģ.

Right-click a StarWind server and select Add Device (advanced) from the shortcut menu.

Open Add Device Wizard in one of the following ways: To create an image file device from StarWind Management Console:ġ.

Have a single NTFS-formatted partition (recommended).

NOTE: Each of the arrays which will be used by StarWind Virtual SAN to store virtual disk images, should meet the following requirements: