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Avram_Woroch_2
15 years agoLevel 3
So I should be able to run a Dell (LSI) SAS 5/e (not PERC, not RAID, just SAS) controller, connected to an IBM SAS autoloader in a VM connected to the physical ESX host without an issue?
So far I've been able to get as far as:
* ESX saying the SAS 5e is supported
* Saying the tape should work
* Confirming that the SAS card and Drive/Library are seen in ESX
* Adding the Tape and Media LUN's to the VM (1:0 and 1:1) which auto-added a LSI SCSI controller
* Booted into the Windows VM, and it automatically found the IBM drive and added the driver
* Backup Exec v12.5 sees the drive and library
But I can't seem to change tapes, inventory, scan, rename, or write to the tapes. I think I'm close, but need to be closer :)
So far I've been able to get as far as:
* ESX saying the SAS 5e is supported
* Saying the tape should work
* Confirming that the SAS card and Drive/Library are seen in ESX
* Adding the Tape and Media LUN's to the VM (1:0 and 1:1) which auto-added a LSI SCSI controller
* Booted into the Windows VM, and it automatically found the IBM drive and added the driver
* Backup Exec v12.5 sees the drive and library
But I can't seem to change tapes, inventory, scan, rename, or write to the tapes. I think I'm close, but need to be closer :)
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