# esx & tape drive

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/esx-tape-drive/24351>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [August 30, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/esx-tape-drive/24351 "2013-08-30T01:05:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/esx-tape-drive/24351/1 "2013-08-30T01:05:39Z")

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Anyone have any suggestions for getting a quantum superloader LTO3  
drive to work on an esx 5.1 host?

I changed the settings on the adaptec aha-29320ALP card to use  
multi-lun for the scsi address of the tape device.

When scanning that device in vsphere, I see two paths, one active:

pscsi.vmhba0-pscsi.0:4-naa.500e09efff0f273b

and one dead:

pscsi.vmhba0-pscsi.0:4-

I’ve been looking at documents & trying different things most of the  
day & cannot seem to get this working.

Anyone willing to help that has run into something similar & got it  
working? I’d be most appreciative.

–  
Stevo

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/esx-tape-drive/24351/2 "2013-08-30T08:19:35Z")

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Is it not the same trick you needed to do in 4.x?

[https://communities.vmware.com/thread/424010?start=0&tstart=0](https://communities.vmware.com/thread/424010?start=0&tstart=0)

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Anders Gustafsson (NKP)  
The Aaland Islands (N60 E20)

Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit:  
[http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/esx-tape-drive/24351/3 "2013-08-30T17:19:54Z")

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Anders Gustafsson sounds like they ‘said’:  
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> Is it not the same trick you needed to do in 4.x?
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> [https://communities.vmware.com/thread/424010?start=0&tstart=0](https://communities.vmware.com/thread/424010?start=0&tstart=0)[/color]

So my response to Anders’s comment is…

I can’t get the 2nd command to work, when I try it (changing values for  
my system or not), I get:

-sh: syntax error: unexpected “(”

Just for grins, I tried copying it from the web page, pasting it, and  
running as is, still get that error…

It shouldn’t be this @#$%ing difficult to swap a tape drive.

–  
Stevo