How to share an existing folder/dataset as iSCSI target?

[Oded]

I'm been reading the iSCSI guides but it doesn't look like I can achieve what I want to do:

I have an existing ZFS DataSet and I want to share the entire dataset as an iSCSI target to my main computer.

From the documentation it sounds like you can only share a single file? Or is the meaning to have a file represent the iSCSI file system to which you can copy data?

Is there a way to have an existing dataset with data be the iSCSI target?

 

[pirateghost]

You can't share existing files on a dataset that were created outside of iscsi with iscsi. Iscsi isn't really a file sharing protocol, but a block sharing protocol, in essence.

What you are looking to do cannot be done. Perhaps you should explain why you want to do it this way and we can find a better option for you.

 

[Oded]

Thank you for the help.
I was just wondering if it's possible, that's all. I find it more intuitive to have a drive show up as a local storage on my Mac than a network share. It will also allow me to store my Apple Photos library there, while still being able to backup to my offsite backup provider.

 

[Ericloewe]

I find it more intuitive to have a drive show up as a local storage on my Mac than a network share.

On any remotely decent OS, it's the exact same thing from the end-user's perspective. The only difference being that iSCSI is orders of magnitude slower.