BE2012 on Hyper-V Guest

[dalbs]

Hi, I know that installing the Backup Exec 2012 media server on a guest VM is far from recommended, but is it even possible for this to work with Hyper-V? Also, would it be able to use a tape drive attached to the Hyper-V host?

Thank you, Nick

[AmolB · Accepted solution]

would it be able to use a tape drive attached to the Hyper-V host?

BE will be able to detect the tape drive only if it appears in the Windows Device manager.

There are many threads on the connect site for installing BE on a VM with a tape drive.

Refer to below threads,

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/running-symantec-backup-exec-2010-withing-hyper-v-vir...

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/backup-exec-2010-r3-installed-vmware-vsphere-4-esxi-4...

 http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH130609