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- Ensure that your Windows PE rescue media has be created with the 'Include optional components' option selected.
- Boot into Windows PE and start a command prompt.
The command line can be accessed by clicking the black icon on the bottom left corner of your screen.
You will need to change the IP address of your Windows Preinstallation Environment to the same IP address that is configured on your Windows Host in order to be authenticated by the iSCSI target since unknown IP addresses will result in a timeout when trying to login to the target.
Take 'Other Tasks' > 'Network Config'
- In Network Configuration input the same IP address that is configured on the your Host Windows system. In this case it's 10.17.0.15
In the command window type “net start msiscsi” to enable the Microsoft iSCSI server:
After the service has started connect to the iSCSI target to Windows PE by
using the command below:Code Block theme FadeToGrey language text typing “iscsicli QAddTargetPortal 10.17.0.32”
32Next step is to list the connected
Note: Replace 10.17.0.15 with your IP address
Connect to the target in order to find out its Internet Qualified Name that is used to logon to the iSCSI target. It is done by entering Type: “iscsicli ListTargets T”
The above command gave output to a target name: iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:fileserver-iscsi-drive-target
This target name is used to logon and access the iSCSI Virtual Disk.
Using the “iscsicli QLogInTarget iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:fileserver-iscsi-drive-target” you will add the iSCSI Virtual Disk to Reflects interface and will be able to backup from and to that drive.
If the iSCSI disk is not visible at first in the restore tab, select the 'Backup' tab in Reflect and click Refresh.
Your iSCSII disk is now connected and can be used as a restore target for your images or clones.