The VMware HCL just answered my question. It appears that Starwind isn't on the VMware HCL for anything version 5 yet.

So I found the VMware KB on this particular issue: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1013500 . The VMkernel log on the host (located at /var/log/vmkernel.log) shows the below grepped output when I run through the add storage wizard, so something definitely isn't right. 2012-10-10T13:20:00.073Z cpu0:2603)ScsiS...

FWIW I tried from a ESXi 5.0.0 host and got the same thing. I can connect to my HP VSA from these hosts via iSCSI, so I'm thinking this is some kind of an access problem on the starwind side. Do I need to set any specific permissions on the actual spdata file?

Hi all! I'm trying to set up a new lab with ESXi 5.1 and am having some problems with the iSCSI storage provided by the free Starwind iSCSI software. First let me break down what's happening. I have the starwind software loaded on a Windows Server 2003 R2 Sp2 server and am able to present and see th...