# recognizing tape drive

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/recognizing-tape-drive/22320>\
**Category:** SLES Hardware\
**Created:** [March 8, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/recognizing-tape-drive/22320 "2012-03-08T15:10:03Z")\
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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:** [March 8, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/recognizing-tape-drive/22320/1 "2012-03-08T15:10:03Z")

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HP DL380 G7 server  
HP LTO-5 tape drive externally connected to controller  
SLES 11 SP2

Running a trial of Arkeia. It does not see the tape drive. It  
appears this happens when the OS does not see the drive. I’ve been  
searching, but I have yet to find how to make sure that the OS sees  
the tape drive. A little help is appreciated.

Thanks,  
Ken

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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:** [March 8, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/recognizing-tape-drive/22320/2 "2012-03-08T20:48:38Z")

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Found TID 3611352. That solved my problem.

Ken