Troubleshoot the iSCSI Software Target Migration
Applies To: Windows Storage Server 2012, Windows Server 2012
Troubleshooting iSCSI Software Target migration issues involves first viewing the contents of the Windows Server Migration Tools deployment log and the result objects. For more information, see Locate the deployment log file and View the content of Windows Server Migration Tools result objects.
Understanding the messages from the iSCSI Target Migration tool
The iSCSI migration tool (iSCSITargetSettings.PS1) does not produce a log file, but it prints diagnostics messages on the console. These messages show the outcome of the operations that are being attempted and performed.
For example, the following message shows information about saved settings:
PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerSehll\V1.0\Modules\IscsiTarget>
.\iSCSITargetSettings.PS1 -Export -FileName $env:temp\test00000000.xml
Number of Target(s) saved in the Export settings: 4.
Target Names:
test000
test001
test002
test1111
Number of Virtual Disk(s) saved in the Export settings: 3.
Virtual Disk DevicePaths:
s:\test000.vhd
t:\test000.vhd
z:\test000.vhd
Number of Virtual Disk(s) NOT saved in the Export settings: 0.
Virtual Disk DevicePaths:
The following message shows that not all the virtual disks are eligible for migration:
PS D:\Program Files\ISCSI Target> .\iSCSITargetSettings.PS1 -Export -FileName $env:temp\test00000001.xml
Number of Target(s) saved in the Export settings: 4.
Target Names:
test000
test001
test002
test1111
Number of Virtual Disk(s) saved in the Export settings: 3.
Virtual Disk DevicePaths:
s:\test000.vhd
t:\test000.vhd
z:\test000.vhd
Number of Virtual Disk(s) NOT saved in the Export settings: 1.
Virtual Disk DevicePaths:
\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy{B6B3C77C-93CC-11DF-B3FE-001CC0C60A6E}\test000.vhd
The following message shows information about the settings restore phase:
PS C:\Program Files\ISCSI Target> .\iSCSITargetSettings.PS1 -Import -file $env:temp\test00000000.xml
Importing settings from file 'E:\Users\administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\test00000001.xml'.
The operation may take a long time.
Number of Target(s) imported from the Import settings: 4.
Targets:
test000
test001
test002
test1111
Number of Virtual Disk(s) imported from the Import settings: 3.
Virtual Disk:
s:\test000.vhd
t:\test000.vhd
z:\test000.vhd