Host's Dell PowerEdge r710 running ESXi 4.1 Enterprise Plus with Dual Xeon 5570's 32GB ram
Controller is PERC H200 6GB SAS
Tape Drive is Dell PowerVault 114T Rackmount LTO 5 Drive
vCenter 4.1
Hopefully I'm just missing something easy like, I need to insert the appropriate drivers on the host, but I need to mount my PV114t LTO5 drive to my host as one of my VMs is a large imagery server which I receive monthly updates for vio LTO tape and is the only option. My host sees the SAS controller in the Passthrough config panel, but I cannot see the tape drive no matter what I do. I have searched the internet for information about this, but there is none to be had. Help.
Also, I will be posting another question regarding storage as I am in need of multiple Large capacity Storage iSCSI storage devices, but I am looking for the Best of the Least Expensive available, in other words <10k which obviously excludes things like Dell Equallogic etc. I know those types are very good but I am dealing with a Gov. agency and there is NO money available which means I will work very hard for the few $$ I will get budgeted.
Thank You for your help.
