Does anyone know if connecting a tape devices directly to a ESX server (e.g. a tape device to a SCSI adapter on the physical server where ESX is installed) is supported?
Please let me know of any available documentation.
Miguel
This method is not recommended because it utilizes Service Console resources that are critical to the function of ESX Server.
Would you know of any vmware docs on this regard?
Miguel,
Try this kb article.
Good Luck!
Hello,
Have you considered iSCSI tape devices like ADIC or Cybernetics etc. This would be transportable for VMotion and HA/DRS etc.
Hi,
It is supported. We are running with a scsi card and a tape drive in most of our branch offices where they have a single ESX server.