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1<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
2<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="ts_win-host-iscsi">
4 <title>Running an iSCSI Initiator and Target on a Single System</title>
5
6 <body>
7 <p>
8 Deadlocks can occur on a Windows host when attempting to access
9 an iSCSI target running in a guest virtual machine with an iSCSI
10 initiator, such as a Microsoft iSCSI Initiator, that is running
11 on the host. This is caused by a flaw in the Windows cache
12 manager component, and causes sluggish host system response for
13 several minutes, followed by a "Delayed Write Failed" error
14 message in the system tray or in a separate message window. The
15 guest is blocked during that period and may show error messages
16 or become unstable.
17 </p>
18 <p>
19 Setting the <codeph>VBOX_DISABLE_HOST_DISK_CACHE</codeph>
20 environment variable to <codeph>1</codeph> enables a
21 workaround for this problem until Microsoft addresses the issue.
22 For example, open a command prompt window and start
23 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> like this:
24 </p>
25 <pre xml:space="preserve">set VBOX_DISABLE_HOST_DISK_CACHE=1
26VirtualBox</pre>
27 <p>
28 While this will decrease guest disk performance, especially
29 writes, it does not affect the performance of other applications
30 running on the host.
31 </p>
32 </body>
33
34</topic>
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