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jmbalch
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‎06-23-2009 05:28 PM

How to Make SCSI Tape Drive Visible to Guest OS

I've recently installed ESXi 4 on an HP Proliant server and created an SBS 2003 virtual system. I have installed an LSI Logic PCI-x U320 SCSI hardware in the host system and have attached an IBM LTO-2 tape drive to it. Is there any way I can make this card and the attached drive visible to the guest SBS 2003 system? Thanks.

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Ryan2
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‎06-23-2009 05:45 PM

Try DirectPath I/O... Just be aware that you'll lock the VM to the host if you're considering deploying this in an ESX cluster.

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jmbalch
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‎06-23-2009 06:26 PM

Thanks for the suggestion. I checked that and it says "Host does not support passthrough configuration". I'm guessing it's because the system doesn't have the particular Intel chip that it needs.

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K-MaC
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Expert
‎06-23-2009 06:35 PM

Hello. Please check the following threads.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/360479

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1273169

Cheers

Kevin

Cheers Kevin
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