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  • 1.  Adding IBM LTO on ESXI 6

    Posted Jun 30, 2022 07:44 AM

    Hello,

    I have an LTO drive which is recognized like this:
    Local IBM Tape (t10.IBM_____ULTRIUM2DTD3_____1210276418)
    Type : [missing "fr-fr.storage.device.type.tape" translation]
    Model : ULTRIUM-TD3
    Path : /vmfs/devices/genscsi/t10.IBM_____ULTRIUM2DTD3_____1210276418
    Ability : Unknown
    Score format: N/A
    UUID: 010100000031323130323736343138554c54524955

    On an ESXI host not connected to vCenter: 6.0.0 Update 3 (Build 5572656)

    Can we still connect it to a Win 2k16 VM easily or is it obsolete and too complicated ?

    Thanks,

    Vincent



  • 2.  RE: Adding IBM LTO on ESXI 6

    Posted Jun 30, 2022 10:33 AM

    I guess, you can not add Tape Library to ESXi server as datastore.

    You should Passthru SCSI device or FC port to virtual machine and get connected with the device.



  • 3.  RE: Adding IBM LTO on ESXI 6

    Posted Dec 27, 2023 06:24 AM

    Is there any way to add tape library to VM using NPIV?



  • 4.  RE: Adding IBM LTO on ESXI 6

    Posted Jun 30, 2022 12:40 PM
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    Connection_FC HBA_Tape__ESXi6.0.pdf   787 KB 1 version


  • 5.  RE: Adding IBM LTO on ESXI 6

    Posted Jul 02, 2022 03:37 PM

    Hello,

    thanks for the answer I'm going to try this

    Vincent



  • 6.  RE: Adding IBM LTO on ESXI 6

    Posted Sep 07, 2023 09:58 AM
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    This should help!

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    How to add tape device to ESXi 6.7 and above.pdf   296 KB 1 version