Adding iSCSI Shares: Requires a "path to a Device (zvol or file) that doesn’t use capital letters or spaces"?

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Reference: Adding iSCSI Block Shares | TrueNAS Documentation Hub

Before you Begin

Have the following ready before you begin adding your iSCSI block share:

  • Storage pool and dataset.
  • A path to a Device (zvol or file) that doesn’t use capital letters or spaces.

(Emphasis added).

So … my pool is called Tank, because YouTube is what seduced me into trying ZFS in the first place.

Does that mean I can’t use iSCSI block shares on this pool? Or is it talking about the IQN target name in the iSCSI share itself?

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Good question.

The pool creation documentation recommends lower case letters:

However, it doesn’t enforce it.

You’ll have to try it out, but my guess is that it will work with a lower case zvol name. If not, its a bug in the software to allow the “Tank” name in the 1st place.

However, don’t create another pool named “tank”…

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Thanks! I’ll give it a try–probably later this week.

In case that doesn’t work, I’m just going to leave this here: HOWTO: Rename a ZFS pool

I need to make better (ZFS) mistakes.

EDIT: Re-reading your message, did you want me to file a bug report even if it lets me actually do this with a capital letter in the pool name? I’d be happy to do that.

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No… its certainly a bug if you fail. If not, its a documentation issue.

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