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mnassar
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12 years ago

how to add my LTO Device to Vmware Work Station

Dear 

i have Dell server R410 attached with LTO Tap Device 

I installed VMware workstation 9 then  installed Windows Server 2008 r2 on a virtual machine 

but TAP device not appear in  a virtual machine 

Please advise 

 

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  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    12 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Firstly you will run an unsupported configuration...it is recommended by Symantec that you run a physical server as a media server.

    To add the drive, follow the VMware TN below:

    http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1016407

    Thanks!

    EDIT: also refer to the Symantec TN below:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH130609

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    CraigV
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Firstly you will run an unsupported configuration...it is recommended by Symantec that you run a physical server as a media server.

    To add the drive, follow the VMware TN below:

    http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1016407

    Thanks!

    EDIT: also refer to the Symantec TN below:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH130609