AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Connecting to VTL Devices
Note
You must have administrator rights on the client computer to run the iSCSI initiator.
2. If prompted, choose Yes to start the Microsoft iSCSI initiator service.
3. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, choose the Discovery tab, and then choose Discover
Portal.
4. In the Discover Target Portal dialog box, type the IP address of your tape gateway for IP address or
DNS name, and then choose OK. To get the IP address of your gateway, check the Gateway tab on
the AWS Storage Gateway console. If you deployed your gateway on an Amazon EC2 instance, you
can find the public IP or DNS address in the Description tab on the Amazon EC2 console.
5. Choose the Targets tab, and then choose Refresh. All 10 tape drives and the medium changer
appear in the Discovered targets box. The status for the targets is Inactive.
The following screenshot shows the discovered targets.
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