https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-device/m-p/4256902#M33573 thx reply ,<BR /><BR />you said it can't , do you mean the os in vm server can't connect EXTERNAL DEVICE ? I tried to connect floppy , cdrom , it seems work fine , but I not try the external device ( like tape device ) yet , is this the limitation of vmware ? thx Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:26:30 GMT haeman 2008-08-26T01:26:30Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-device/m-p/4256900#M33571 I have a linux server (server A), I want to install a vmware on it , and install another linux server on this vmware ( server B) , I want the server B be the backup server , can server B connect all the external backup device ( the server A of course can connect it ) ? thx Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:53:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-device/m-p/4256900#M33571 yuki 2008-08-24T14:53:03Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-device/m-p/4256901#M33572 No. It can't. You should use network backup. But also, if you want to virtualize linux over linux, use Xen virtualization intead of vmware. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:35:39 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-device/m-p/4256901#M33572 Ivan Ferreira 2008-08-25T11:35:39Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-device/m-p/4256902#M33573 thx reply ,<BR /><BR />you said it can't , do you mean the os in vm server can't connect EXTERNAL DEVICE ? I tried to connect floppy , cdrom , it seems work fine , but I not try the external device ( like tape device ) yet , is this the limitation of vmware ? thx Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:26:30 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-device/m-p/4256902#M33573 haeman 2008-08-26T01:26:30Z