DPM is now seeing the device and I have followed your PDF on DPM adding and using tape drives.

I inventoried the drive, then identified it then cleaned it and got the warnings but nothing actually appears to be happening? This is with DPM 2010?

That appears to have sorted it thanks

I have followed the documentation to trial the VTL capability and have attached to the iscsi connection. In 2008R2 this then gives an 'other' device with the correct name but a blue question mark and is not seeing it as a tape drive. If I scan for tape drives with DPM it cannot see this device eithe...