Friday, December 02, 2011

WAIK: Add Microsoft iSCSI service to WinPE

Microsoft iSCSI service allow user to connect to iSCSI target on SAN device.  The default WINPE image doesn’t support iSCSI service.  This topic shows how to add iSCSI service to WinPE image.  Once added, you may connect to iSCSI target after boot into WinPE environment.

Add iSCSI service files to WinPE image

  1. Start WAIK deployment Tools command prompt in privilege mode
  2. Mount an WinPE image file in RW mode:
    imagex /mountrw winpe.wim 1 mount
  3. Copy the following files into mounted winpe’s “<mount>\windows\system32” folder:
    Windows\System32\iscsicli.exe
Windows\System32\iscsicpl.exe
Windows\System32\iscsicpl.dll
Windows\System32\iscsidsc.dll
Windows\System32\iscsied.dll
Windows\System32\iscsiexe.dll
Windows\System32\iscsilog.dll
Windows\System32\iscsium.dll
Windows\System32\iscsiwmi.dll
Windows\System32\Drivers\msiscsi.sys
Windows\System32\en-us\iscsicli.exe.mui
Windows\System32\en-us\iscsicpl.dll.mui
Windows\System32\en-us\iscsicpl.exe.mui
Windows\System32\en-us\iscsidsc.dll.mui
Windows\System32\en-us\iscsiexe.dll.mui
Windows\System32\en-us\iscsilog.dll.mui

Update WinPE registry hive

  1. Start RegEdit.exe in privilege mode
  2. Select “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”, and click File | Load Hive… to load hive file: <mount>\windows\system32\config\SYSTEM.  Use PE_Sys as hive key name.
  3. Select “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”, and click File | Load Hive… to load hive file: <mount>\windows\system32\config\SOFTWARE. Use PE_Soft as hive key name.
  4. The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE should have 2 hive loaded as follow:
    Windows 7 x64 WAIK-2011-12-02-11-57-28
  5. Create a iscsi.reg file with the following content:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Soft\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost]
"Godzilla"=hex(7):4d,00,53,00,69,00,53,00,43,00,53,00,49,00,00,00,00,00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Soft\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\iSCSI]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Soft\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\iSCSI\Discovery]
"AllowiSNSFirewallException"=dword:00000001
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Soft\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\iSCSI\Discovery\Authentication Cache]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Soft\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\iSCSI\Discovery\Send Targets]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Soft\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\iSCSI\Discovery\Static Targets]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Soft\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\iSCSI\Discovery\Tunnel Address]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_MSISCSI]
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_MSISCSI\0000]
"Service"="MSiSCSI"
"Legacy"=dword:00000001
"ConfigFlags"=dword:00000000
"Class"="LegacyDriver"
"ClassGUID"="{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}"
"DeviceDesc"="@%SystemRoot%\\system32\\iscsidsc.dll,-5000"
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\ISCSIPRT]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\ISCSIPRT\0000]
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e97b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="SCSIAdapter"
"HardwareID"=hex(7):52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,00,5c,00,69,00,53,00,43,00,53,00,49,\
  00,50,00,72,00,74,00,00,00,00,00
"ConfigFlags"=dword:00000000
"Driver"="{4d36e97b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\\0000"
"Mfg"="@iscsi.inf,%msft%;Microsoft"
"Service"="iScsiPrt"
"DeviceDesc"="@iscsi.inf,%iscsiprt%;Microsoft iSCSI Initiator"
"Capabilities"=dword:00000000
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\ISCSIPRT\0000\Device Parameters]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\ISCSIPRT\0000\Device Parameters\StorPort]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\ISCSIPRT\0000\LogConf]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\ISCSIPRT\0000\Control]
"ActiveService"="iScsiPrt"
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Services\iScsiPrt]
"DisplayName"="iScsiPort Driver"
"ImagePath"=hex(2):73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,44,00,\
  52,00,49,00,56,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,5c,00,6d,00,73,00,69,00,73,00,63,00,73,\
  00,69,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,00,00
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000000
"Type"=dword:00000001
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Services\iScsiPrt\Parameters]
"BusType"=dword:00000009
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Services\iScsiPrt\Enum]
"0"="Root\\ISCSIPRT\\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Services\MSiSCSI]
"DisplayName"="@%SystemRoot%\\system32\\iscsidsc.dll,-5000"
"Group"="iSCSI"
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
  74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
  00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
  6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
"Description"="@%SystemRoot%\\system32\\iscsidsc.dll,-5001"
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000002
"Type"=dword:00000020
"ServiceSidType"=dword:00000001
"RequiredPrivileges"=hex(7):53,00,65,00,41,00,75,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,50,00,72,\
  00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,43,00,68,00,\
  61,00,6e,00,67,00,65,00,4e,00,6f,00,74,00,69,00,66,00,79,00,50,00,72,00,69,\
  00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,\
  61,00,74,00,65,00,47,00,6c,00,6f,00,62,00,61,00,6c,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,\
  00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,\
  74,00,65,00,50,00,65,00,72,00,6d,00,61,00,6e,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,50,00,72,\
  00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00,6d,00,\
  70,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,6e,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,\
  00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,54,00,63,00,62,00,50,00,\
  72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,00,00
"FailureActionsOnNonCrashFailures"=dword:00000001
"FailureActions"=hex:50,46,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,14,00,00,\
  00,01,00,00,00,c0,d4,01,00,01,00,00,00,e0,93,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"RebootMessage"="See Note 3 below"
"FailureCommand"="customScript.cmd"
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Services\MSiSCSI\Parameters]
"ServiceDll"=hex(2):25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,\
  00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,\
  69,00,73,00,63,00,73,00,69,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,\
  00
"ServiceDllUnloadOnStop"=dword:00000001
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Services\MSiSCSI\Enum]
"0"="Root\\LEGACY_MSISCSI\\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Services\MSiSCSI]
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
  74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
  00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
  6b,00,20,00,47,00,6f,00,64,00,7a,00,69,00,6c,00,6c,00,61,00,00,00
 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"LegacyAdapterDetection"=dword:00000000
"Class"="SCSIAdapter"
"ClassDesc"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\SysClass.Dll,-3005"
@="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\SysClass.Dll,-3005"
"IconPath"=hex(7):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
  74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
  00,65,00,74,00,75,00,70,00,61,00,70,00,69,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,\
  2d,00,31,00,30,00,00,00,00,00
"Installer32"="SysClass.Dll,ScsiClassInstaller"
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"InfPath"="iscsi.inf"
"InfSection"="iScsiPort_Install_Control"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,8c,a3,c5,94,c6,01
"DriverDate"="6-21-2006"
"DriverVersion"="6.0.6000.16386"
"MatchingDeviceId"="root\\iscsiprt"
"DriverDesc"="Microsoft iSCSI Initiator"
"EnumPropPages32"="iscsipp.dll,iSCSIPropPageProvider"
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\Parameters]
"TCPConnectTime"=dword:0000000f
"TCPDisconnectTime"=dword:0000000f
"WMIRequestTimeout"=dword:0000001e
"DelayBetweenReconnect"=dword:00000005
"MaxPendingRequests"=dword:000000ff
"EnableNOPOut"=dword:00000000
"MaxTransferLength"=dword:00040000
"MaxBurstLength"=dword:00040000
"FirstBurstLength"=dword:00010000
"MaxRecvDataSegmentLength"=dword:00010000
"MaxConnectionRetries"=dword:ffffffff
"MaxRequestHoldTime"=dword:0000003c
"LinkDownTime"=dword:0000000f
"IPSecConfigTimeout"=dword:0000003c
"InitialR2T"=dword:00000000
"ImmediateData"=dword:00000001
"ErrorRecoveryLevel"=dword:00000002
"PortalRetryCount"=dword:00000005
"NetworkReadyRetryCount"=dword:0000000a
"SrbTimeoutDelta"=dword:0000000f
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\PersistentTargets]
@=""
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE_Sys\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\Properties]
"DeviceType"=dword:00000004
"DeviceCharacteristics"=dword:00000100
"Security"=hex:01,00,04,90,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,02,\
  00,34,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,ff,01,1f,10,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,\
  00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,1f,10,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,20,02,00,\
  00
  6. Import iscsi.reg into registry.  It should update both PE_Sys and PE_Soft hive.
  7. Unload both PE_Sys and PE_Soft hive by using File | Unload Hive… in registry editor.
  8. Unmount and commit the WinPE mount:
    imagex /unmount /commit mount
  9. The WinPE image file is now ready with iSCSI service.

Start iSCSI service in WinPE environment

  1. Boot the WinPE image either by using ISO or PXE
  2. To start iSCSI service:
    X:\windows\system32>net start msiscsi
The Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service service is starting.
The Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service service was started successfully.
  3. type iscsicpl to start iSCSI GUI windows:

    Windows 7-2011-12-02-12-12-55
  4. The iSCSI initiator is now active to connect to iSCSI target.

Reference

  1. WinPE v3.0 and Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. URL: http://www.gregorystrike.com/2010/01/08/winpe-v3-0-and-microsoft-iscsi-initiator/
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the writeup. I noticed though that you named the Registry key PE_Software in the instructions and PE_Soft in the reg file. After this change it woked perfectly for me.

1:32 AM
Chau Chee Yang said...

Thanks and fixed.

10:43 AM
christian said...

hy

wen i will start iscsicpl nothing happens.
do you have any tip for me?

thank you

5:46 PM
Chau Chee Yang said...

christian: did you follow the steps properly?

2:30 PM

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