Trying to solve problem with VMWare + ReadyNAS + iSCSI

[ddgrnas]

I am trying to solve a problem with corrupted VMWare virtual machines. Here is my setup:

ReadyNAS Pro 6 with iSCSI target
Mac Pro running VMWare Fusion 3.1.3

I'm using the iSCSI target to store the VMWare disks for my virtual machines. Unfortunately, every now an then the Mac has a kernel panic, forcing a hard reboot. More times than not this corrupts the VMWare disk stored on the iSCSI target. Even though VMWare is configured to create an auto-snapshot every 6 hours, sometimes the snapshots become corrupted as well.

Is there a way to use the ReadyNAS snapshot mechanism to preserve a recent copy of the uncorrupted data stored in the iSCSI target? Is it better to store the VMWare disks in a CIFS share instead? Is there some other strategy I should be employing?

Thanks!

[mdgm]

What initiator are you using?

What version of RAIDiator?

[ddgrnas]

I am using the globalSAN iSCSI initiator for Mac OS X recommended in the ReadyNAS forums. My ReadyNAS is using Radiator 4.2.17.

My goal is to find a way to prevent crashes of the host OS (Snow Leapord) from corrupting the data on the ReadyNAS or find some way to automatically create restore points for my VMWare virtual machines using features that the ReadyNAS provides.