how to add my LTO Device to Vmware Work Station

[mnassar]

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 

[CraigV · Accepted solution]

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