topic 1760 tapedrive incompatible with ESX4.1+ ?? in Operating System - VMware

1760 tapedrive incompatible with ESX4.1+ ??

Dominique Epp — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:17:32 GMT

We have a DL360 ProLiant server w/ an VMware HCL-listed Adaptec SCSI adapter, connected to a LTO4 Ultrium 1760 tape.
The server OS is VMware Esx4.1i. The storage adapter is recognized, but the tape status is marked Red and as Dead on the ESX Configuration Pane. At system boot, however, the Tape is correctly recognized after POST.

HP support says that this tape device is compatible with ESX4.0, but not with ESX4.1, which I find hard to believe. Has anybody experienced similar problems or does this tapedevice work with ESX4.1 ?

Re: 1760 tapedrive incompatible with ESX4.1+ ??

Jan Soska — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:15:34 GMT

Hello,
locally attached tapes should be compatiblem with ESX. Have you tried contact Adaptec and/or Vmware ?

Jan

Re: 1760 tapedrive incompatible with ESX4.1+ ??

Dominique Epp — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:29:11 GMT

Yes, on VMware's advice, I changed the SCSI-adapter to an Adaptec-device on the HCL. This didn't change anything. Next step will be to try with another 1760 tape device.

Re: 1760 tapedrive incompatible with ESX4.1+ ??

BENMOUR — Fri, 13 May 2011 07:13:23 GMT

Did you solve your problem, cause I m working on project wich have a similar scenario than yours (I want use LTO4 U 1760 tape on server HP Proliant DL380, so if you have any information ??
thanks