All iscsi storage is flagged 'Inaccessible' since upgrading to VirtualBox 5.2 series => fixed in SVN/next maintenance

[Peter Anderson]

On Fedora 26 (64-bit) host, since upgrading to 5.2 series, all VM with iscsi storage (hosted by Solaris 11.3) are flagged 'Inaccessible'.

I've tried every 5.2 release, including latest test release 5.2.7-120349, but the issue persists even after the iscsi storage is released/removed/re-attached.

If I roll back to 5.1 series the iscsi storage works perfectly again.

Searches for similar issues at virtualbox.org (and more broader searches have not yielded anything useful as yet) - am finding this quite odd as I'm sure I'm not the only one in the world to be running 5.2 series with a Solaris 11.3 iscsi backend...

Attempts to start a Linux VM with iscsi storage flagged 'Inaccessible' give this message:

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Could not open the medium '10.0.0.240|iqn.1986-03.com.sun:f25data|50'.

VD: error VERR_PARSE_ERROR opening image file '10.0.0.240|iqn.1986-03.com.sun:f25data|50' (VERR_PARSE_ERROR).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: MediumWrap Interface: IMedium {4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda}

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[aeichner]

Please upload the VBoxSVC.log and VBox.log of the VM.

[Peter Anderson]

Thanks aeichner - requested files have been uploaded.

[Peter Anderson]

I've now tested with a couple of other storage systems:

1: FreeNAS virtual machine (running on the same VirtualBox host) - worked fine.

2: Oracle Solaris-based, ZFS Storage VirtualBox Simulator (running on a separate host) - experienced same issue with iscsi storage flagged 'Inaccessible' despite trying a number of different configuration options (e.g. with or without specific initiator group).

At this point, there appears to be some incompatibility with Oracle, Solaris-based iscsi backends.

[rafibgar]

Buenos días, he confirmado en mi Windows 10 Pro que el problema es la versión de VirtualBox 5.2. Usando las MVs de Cabina Openfiler 2.6.32 y Oracle ZFS OS8.7 sobre una MV linux 64Bits sin discos, con OpenFiler se configura disco LUN iscsi de arranque sin problemas, pero con Oracle ZFS OS8.7 se queda inaccesible al hacer el attachstorage.

01:11:44.187628 iSCSI: connect from initiator iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:boot with source port 54993 01:11:44.188607 iSCSI: disconnect from initiator iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:boot with source port 54993 01:11:44.188607 iSCSI: login to target iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:boot failed (VERR_PARSE_ERROR) 01:11:44.188607 iSCSI: could not open target iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:boot, rc=VERR_PARSE_ERROR 01:11:44.188607 iSCSI: logout to target iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:boot

En VirtualBox Versión 5.1.30 r118389 (Qt5.6.2) todo OK.

UUID: 953742e5-c14f-4381-8eb8-434e01356601 Parent UUID: base State: created Type: normal (base) Location: 192.168.56.110|iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:root Storage format: iSCSI Capacity: 14560 MBytes Encryption: disabled

UUID: f5dc5e10-8014-4632-a93b-33790ddd2e78 Parent UUID: base State: created Type: normal (base) Location: 192.168.56.101|iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:boot Storage format: iSCSI Capacity: 10240 MBytes Encryption: disabled

He tenido que bajar a la versión 5.1.30 de VirtualBox para que la prueba fura positiva para Oracle ZFS OS8.7.

[ch.eick]

Is there any solution for this issue available? It's still present on Solaris 11.3 latest update 08/2018 Oracle Service . Host is Solaris 11.3 and iscsi too. Various Guests

[aeichner]

Sorry for the late answer, this should be fixed in the next maintenance release.