# Error when setting up an iSCSI LIO Target Server **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [January 22, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-when-setting-up-an-iscsi-lio-target-server/27824 "2016-01-22T17:14:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ti6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@ti6](https://forums.suse.com/u/ti6)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-when-setting-up-an-iscsi-lio-target-server/27824/1 "2016-01-22T17:14:06Z")
I have created an iSCSI target using yast2. After a start systemctl target, systemctl status target gives me: target.service - “Generic Target Mode service” Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/target.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Fr 2016-01-22 15:28:25 CET; 14s ago Process: 4301 ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/tcm\_node --unload (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4290 ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/lio\_node --unload (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4287 ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/tcm\_fabric --unloadall (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4278 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/tcm\_dump --file /etc/target/tcm\_setup.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4272 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/lio\_dump --file /etc/target/lio\_setup.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4345 ExecStartPost=/etc/target/lio\_setup.sh (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 4341 ExecStartPost=/etc/target/tcm\_setup.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4337 ExecStart=/etc/target/lio\_start.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4327 ExecStart=/etc/target/tcm\_start.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 4337 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) January 22 15:28:25 aaa lio\_setup.sh [4345]: /etc/target/lio\_setup.sh: line 50: echo: write error: Invalid argument And in /var/log/messages: aaa kernel: [3075.165526] Rounding down aligned max\_sectors from 4294967295 to 4294967288 aaa lio\_setup.sh [4481]: /etc/target/lio\_setup.sh: line 50: echo: write error: Invalid argument aaa kernel: [3075.199676] iSCSI Target Portal Group: 1 is already inactive, ignoring request. And in /etc/target/lio\_setup.sh, line 50 is: echo 0\> /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/iqn.XXXX.XX:XXXX-XXX-XX/tpgt\_1/enable # ls -l /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/iqn.XXXX.XX:XXXX-XXX-XX/tpgt\_1/enable results in: -rw-r - r-- 1 root root 4096 January 22 15:39 /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/iqn.XXXX.XX:XXXX-XXX-XX/tpgt\_1/enable Now I wonder what is going wrong. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-when-setting-up-an-iscsi-lio-target-server/27824/2 "2016-01-27T07:30:11Z")
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