Why expand a iSCSI target need restart iSCSI service??

[Calvin]

Hi folks,

Is it a must to restart the freenad iSCSI service for ESXi to recognize the expanded iSCSI target?

My iSCSI target is a file extend. I expanded it, but the ESXi can't notice the change even after a rescan. Eventually I need to disconnect all targets, and restart the freenas iSCSI service until the new disk size is recognized.

If a restart is really needed, is this a bug?? I think it is quite impossible to restart if it is in a production environment!

 

[pirateghost]

Every Linux/BSD system I have used as an iSCSI target has required a service restart...