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Hello. I ask for help. There is a DD160, it includes VTL on FC. DataDomain for FC is connected to HP BladeSystem c3000. On the HP BladeSystem c3000 is installed VMWare ESXi 5.5. The problem is that in ESXi I can not see Datastore. Apparently I'm doing something wrong or do not understand.
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December 27th, 2017 11:00
I believe I replied to your other post. The VTL stands for "virtual tape library", with emphasis on tape. ESX does not understand, nor can utilize, a VTL as a Datastore. A Datastore is a Disk. If you need to use the VTL for backups, you have to pass the VTL as an RDM to a VM. In other environments, I have seen the VTL passed through to a Windows or Linux server, so that a backup application like Networker or NetBackup can use it for backups.
Let us know if that helps!
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December 27th, 2017 11:00
If you have the licence for it and it is zoned right in your fiber switch it should work.