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neilmurphy
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Fri May 04, 2018 4:01 pm

Hi All,

I'm installing VTL on a vSphere VM running Windows 2008R2. This is also my Veeam server. I've completed the setup but can't see any tape drives attached to the library. No drives are showing up in Device Manager or in Veeam, just the changer. I think it may be a driver issue. I've downloaded MSL8096 drivers from the HPE support site but they aren't supported for installation on a VM (using CP032931.exe driver installer).

Anyone got any tips/workarounds?

Cheers,
Neil.
Boris (staff)
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Fri May 04, 2018 8:14 pm

Did you create any tape libraries and tapes in StarWind Management Console?
neilmurphy
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Sun May 06, 2018 5:58 pm

Hi Boris,

Yes I've created the MSL9096 VTL and 96 tapes. All of these appear in the Veeam console. However no ultrium tape drives are created.

Neil.
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Tue May 08, 2018 10:35 am

Can you share any screenshots? If this cannot be shared, PM me.
neilmurphy
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Tue May 08, 2018 1:27 pm

Hi Boris,

I've attached a zip file with some screenshots.

Neil.
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Tue May 08, 2018 3:51 pm

It appears you are a trial user, and you are eligible for dedicated support. Please submit a ticket via https://www.starwindsoftware.com/support-form addressing me and reference this thread.
neilmurphy
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Tue May 08, 2018 4:27 pm

Hi Boris.

Actually I've worked this out myself. The tape drives were in Device Manager under "other devices" as HP Ultrium 5-SCSI SCSI Sequential Devive. I was able to extract the HPE drivers to a folder (there's an option to do this rather than installing them using the CPxxxxx.exe file). Then you right click on the tape device in Device Manager and select "Update Driver" and use the extracted drivers. The tape drive now appears under "Tape drives" as Hewlett packard LTO-Ultrium-5 drive and Veeam can also see it. I've attached a screenshot.

Addendum - Actually, if you just right-click the "Unknown Changer" device and manually update the driver, the changer plus all its tape drives get updated in one go.

Regards,
Neil.
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Wed May 09, 2018 8:40 am

It's nice to learn you have figured it out. I hope this information will be useful for the community. Feel free to let us know if you have any further issues.
neilmurphy
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Mon May 14, 2018 2:34 pm

I've written up a blog post on how to get the StarWind VTL free version working in a virtualised Veeam 9.5 lab.
https://univirt.wordpress.com/2018/05/0 ... veeam-lab/
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Mon May 14, 2018 3:21 pm

Thanks for sharing.
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