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10-17-2011 08:30 AM
10-17-2011 08:30 AM
Ultrium LTO 4 1760 SAS drive and VMware ESXi 4.1.0
I am trying to setup an Ultrium 1760 LTO4 SAS drive on an HP DL370 G6 server. I wish to present the tape drive to a virtual machine in ESXi 4.1.0 using a P212/ZM SAS controller. The tape drive is the only device on this controller.
ESXi detects the P212 controller and tape drive under Storage Controllers (vmhba4:C0:T0:L0).
I am able to add the SCSI Device in VMware (node: 1:0) and Windows 2003 R2 x64 detects the tape drive and lists it under Tape Drives as a Hewlett Packard LTO Ultrium-4 drive.
When I goto Device Manager and right-click the drive and goto Properties, Device Manager immediately locks and goes to "Not Responding". Other Windows functions are working but Device Manager does not return.
Also, when I run HP Tape Tools, it begins the detecting phase and locks as well and does not detect the drive.
I have tried new drivers for the 1760 drive. I also have another 1760 on-hand that I installed and had the same lockups.
My backup software (Novastor) will not detect the drive.
I've also updated the Firmware on the P212/ZM to version 5.06 which is the newest. I also installed the tape drive to a Windows 2008 R2 server on the same ESXi server and had the same lockups.
Since I've tried a new 1760 and different OS, I'm wondering if the P212/ZM is the issue. I have followed the correct VMware KB on installing tape drives and have tried setting various SCSI Nodes with no luck. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1016407
We have used the P212 and VMware on other setups with no issues.
I tried add the P212 as a VMDirectPath in ESXi and experienced locks at boot and blue screen error.
Any ideas? Thanks!