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HP P212 SAS Controller PSOD on VM ESXi 4.1

I have installed a new HP P212 (462828-B21) SAS Controller into the HP DL360 G7. My plan was to configure Pass through on the Server to allow a VM to Run Backup Exec 2010.

The hosts are Runnig ESXI 4.1 U1

Once installed i can configure pass through okay but when added to a VM and then boot i Get PSOD looking on the VMwre forums it seems as this device is not supported for Pass though mode even if HP recommend the Drive and VMWare have it on there HCL

The Tape Drive is HP Ultrium SAS 5

Any help very welcome, it's driving me mad....

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

As you have found out, the HP P212 SAS Controller causes a PSOD.

It is not recommended to use it, for this very reason. Why HP recommend it, I do not know.

I would escalate to HP/VMware immediately if you have a support contract. But note that "tape drives and SCSI cards" are a "grey area" at VMware Support, and usually leave it up to VMware Partners to add the value to devise a solution. They may recommend a SCSI card, but as for the device (tape drive, media library) that connects to it, they often have little knowledge.

LukeFileWalker

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Cheers hanccocka, I was starting to think it was just me....sanity partially restored

Any ideas on a SAS card that will work on VM ESXI 4.1 U1?

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LukeFileWalker

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Well after trying and trying with that HP P212 card, both in a VM server and a physical ML350, I gave up, and got an LSI SAS card instead.

This has now been installed in the physical, non VM ML350 server and the backup is working away.

Why do HP have to make things so difficult, why??????