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PowerVault LTO8 Esxi 6.7
Hello everyone;
I have 2 Esxi 6.7 hosts in my Vcenter build. I have a windows server 2022 virtual machine on one of the hosts and my veeam backup software installed on this virtual machine.
I physically connected the PowerVault LTO8 to the host where the virtual machine with Veeam backup software is running with a SAS cable.
I want to define the PowerVault LTO8 device to the virtual machine with veeam backup software and use the PowerVault LTO8 device for my backups, but I have not been successful.
In the ESXi structure, we can normally show the physical devices installed on the host to the virtual servers, but I could not find how to follow the path for PowerVault LTO8.
Should I see the PowerVault LTO8 device in the ESXi 6.7 host storage adapters section, or do I need to install a driver for Esxi 6.7, do you have any idea how to complete this setup?
Thank You
Origin3k
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June 12th, 2024 18:59
This it not a supportet solution. Over the years we see mixed success and there is a reason why its not worth the hassle.
You need to enable general PCI Passtrough to "on" witin ESXi and than configure the SAS HBA for Passthrough. This Devices than becomes unusable for the ESXi OS.
Within the VM configuration you can than use the "ADD PCI Device" option to add the pre-configured devices to the given VM. Within the Windows GuestOS you will the the device and the connected LTO8 within the windows device manager. Install the needed device drivers within the same way as on a phys. server.
Regards,
Joerg