Sharing tape drives with Integrity Virtual Machines.

[Bill Costigan]

I have an HPUX server connected to a tape library over a fiber channel fabric. I created a few HPVMs on the server and I would like the host and all the VMs to be able to access the library. Access to the library will be controlled via Data Protector.

It seems I can only assign the pass through device to a VM if the hpvmdevmgmt's share=NO. Is there a method to allow the host and all the VMs to see the library at the same time?

[Duncan Edmonstone · Accepted solution]

Bill,

To share attached devices like tape drives, you must be on HPVM4.1 and have patch PHSS_39784 installed on your VM host. Then see this section of the release notes for instructions on how to set this up:

http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90191/ch08s01.html#d0e6216

HTH

Duncan

[Anonymous]

The easiest way is to use AVIO attached devices supported in the latest patches on HPVM V4.10.
See the latest HPVM release notes.

[Bill Costigan]

Thank you. That's exactly what I was looking for.