Installing and Configuring target iSCSI server in Windows Server 2012
Installing and Configuring Target iSCSI Server 2012
1- Open Server Manager, click Dashboard and then select Add Roles and features.
![server manager dashboard 2012](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/server-manager-dashboard-1.jpg)
2- Click Next.
![add roles and features wizard](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/add-role-and-feature-wizard-2.jpg)
3- Select the Role-based or feature-based installation and then click on the Next button.
![add role based or feature based](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/add-role-based-or-feature-based-12.jpg)
4- Select a server from the server pool and then click on next.
![server 2012 server selection](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/server-2012-server-selection-6.jpg)
5- Select the iSCSI Target Server box.
![roles iscsi target server 2012](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/roles-iscsi-target-server-2012-1.jpg)
6- Click Add Features.
![add required features](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/server-2012-add-features-5.jpg)
7- After Selecting the iSCSI target server feature and then click next.
![server 2012 roles iscsi target](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/server-2012-roles-iscsi-target.jpg)
8- Click Next.
![server roles and features](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/server-roles-and-features-1.jpg)
9- Click Install.
![server 2012 roles confirm installation](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/server-2012-confirm-installation-5.jpg)
10- iSCSI services successfully installed, so click Close.
![server 2012 installation selections](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/server-2012-installation-selections-8.jpg)
11- Open Server Manager and then click File and Storage Services.
![server manager dashboard](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/server-manager-dashboard-2-1024x419.jpg)
12- Click iSCSI and under iSCSI Virtual Disks click Tasks and then click New iSCSI Virtual Disk.
![file and storage services](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/file-and-storage-services-1-1024x422.jpg)
13- Select a volume and click next.
![iscsi virtual disk wizard](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-virtual-disk-wizard.jpg)
14- Type an iSCSI virtual disk name and click next.
![iscsi virtual disk name](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-virtual-disk-name.jpg)
15- Select a Size for the disk in GB and click next.
![iscsi virtual disk size](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-virtual-disk-size.jpg)
16- Select New iSCSI target and click next.
![iscsi virtual disk wizard iscsi target](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/virtual-disk-wizard-iscsi-target.jpg)
17- Target servers will identify the disk with this Name, so Type a Name, description and click next.
![iscsi target name and access](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-target-name-and-access.jpg)
18- Click Add we need to Add all the Servers which will be accessing this disk.
![iscsi virtual access servers](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-virtual-access-server.jpg)
Note: Make sure on the target server you have enabled the iSCSI initiator service.
19- Click the Browse button.
![query initiator iscsi](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/query-initiator-iscsi.jpg)
20- Type a node server name, select check names and click ok.
![enter the object name to select](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/enter-the-object-name-2.jpg)
21- Add all the server you want the disk to have access, I have added both the servers (Server-1 and Server-2) and click next.
![iscsi virtual access server](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-virtual-access-server-1.jpg)
22- Enable any authentication if you need and click next.
![iscsi wizard authentication](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-wizard-enable-authentication.jpg)
23- Confirm the iSCSI virtual disk settings and click Create.
![iscsi wizard confirmation](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-wizard-confirm-selection.jpg)
24- Virtual Disk created successfully, click Close.
![iscsi target wizard results](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iscsi-wizard-results.jpg)
25- Please follow the above steps from (1 to 24) to add one more disk name Quorum.
![file and storage services iscsi target](https://xpertstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/file-and-storage-server-iscsi.jpg)
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