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KVault Initiator
KVault Initiator

A user-space iSCSI initiator for macOS that connects remote iSCSI SAN storage and presents it as a native KVaultFS volume in Finder. Connect your Mac to shared block storage without a kernel extension.

KVaultFS is KernSafe's own user mode file system that provides data protection and storage virtualization for iSCSI LUNs, local disk images, and other block storage sources.

The product is now available for BETA test.
Operating system
macOS 26.0 or later
Hardware
Apple silicon or Intel Mac with an Ethernet or network connection to the iSCSI target
Storage target
An IPv4 iSCSI target that exposes a LUN; CHAP is supported when configured by the target
Repository
An existing KVaultFS repository, or a LUN that may be intentionally formatted as a new KVaultFS repository
System permission
Enable KernSafe KVault Initiator under System Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions > File System Extensions

KVault Initiator is designed for the current macOS FSKit workflow. Do not enable another file system extension that attempts to mount the same LUN.