topic iscsiutil: (/dev/iscsi) Wrong device file in Operating System - HP-UX

iscsiutil: (/dev/iscsi) Wrong device file

josinjosek — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:02:36 GMT

Hi,
I am not able to start Iscsi in our HPUX 11i server.could you please help me to resolve this issue.

# /sbin/init.d/iscsi start
iscsiutil: (/dev/isw) Wrong device file.
iscsiutil: (/dev/iscsi) Wrong device file.
iscsiutil: (/dev/iscsi) Wrong device file.
Started iscsi_resolvd daemon
Started iswd daemon
iscsiutil: (/dev/iscsi) Wrong device file.
iscsiutil: (/dev/iscsi) Wrong device file.
The SLP User Agent for iSCSI islpd is not started.
If you intended to use SLP, the following could be the cause for failure:
One of the files: /usr/sbin/slpd, /usr/bin/slpdc or /opt/iscsi/bin/islpd
is either not present or does not have execute permission.
H/W Path Class Description
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255/0 iscsi iSCSI Virtual Node

Re: iscsiutil: (/dev/iscsi) Wrong device file

Shibin_2 — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:31:14 GMT

I never worked with this.

As per documents, it is because of installation is not proper.

Read this.
http://node1.filibeto.org/unix/hp-ux/lib/os/iscsi/iscsi-support-guide-ed5-T1452-90011.pdf

Re: iscsiutil: (/dev/iscsi) Wrong device file

josinjosek — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:44:33 GMT

Thanks a lot for your replay.

I have removed the /dev/iscsi device file and reinstall the iSCSI-00, it recreated /dev/iscsi device file. it resolved the issue.