Connecting a Fibre Channel Tape Library directly to a VM

[WarlockArg]

Hi,

     I have a customer who wants to connect his Fibre Channel Tape Library directly to a VMs cause inside this VMs he has installed the CA Brightstor Server Software.

     The first idea I had was installing a FC HBA in the ESXi Host where the VM runs and using Pass-Through technolgy asociate the FC HBA to the VMs.

     The other idea is using N-Port ID Virtualization. The question is, can I used N-Port ID Virtualization for this case? I saw this technology can be used to access a LUN using a RDM inside a VM, but canI use it for access to a Tape Library?

Thanks,

Guido.

[admin]

AFAIK, VMware not supports any of the tape libraries. Please check HCL first.

[memaad]

Hi,

Here is KB you can refer to configure Tape Library

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101640...

Note: VMware does not support Tape Drives connected directly to ESXi 5.x. For more information, see the vSphere 5.x Release Notes.

Regards

Mohammed