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Transferring a SCSI controller and a tape drive to a VM
We are replacing our existing server with new box with two VMs on it. I would like to transfer the existing tape drive from the old server, and have one of the VMs make use of it.
Is there anything more to it than physically moving the controller and tape drive to the new hardware, and making sure it appears in the VM? Or is there more to it?
Thanks,
TN
Is there anything more to it than physically moving the controller and tape drive to the new hardware, and making sure it appears in the VM? Or is there more to it?
Thanks,
TN
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If that works for you, you are going to be lucky. There have been issues with SCSI Controllers that are supported in VMware ESX/ESXi.
have a look at these previous solutions
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26751845/Attaching-Tape-drive-to-Windows-VM-running-on-VMware-ESXi.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26802040/vmware-esxi-4-1-ibm-ts3100-SAS-tape-library-LTO5-drive.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26833601/vmware-esxi-4-1-windows-2008-r2-ibm-ts3100-or-3573-tape-library.html