Virtual Machines and FC Tape Library

[mdfi13]

I have a Dell TL2000 Tape Library that is zoned with my ESX servers in a Fiber SAN. The ESX servers can see the Library fine from the Linux San Surfer CLI. I would like to allow the virtual OS's (Windows) to see the Library as well. When I am in the VC Client and try to add a device to a VM, I am confused on what I should be adding. The only one that makes some sense would be a SCSI device, but it says there are no "none disk" SCSI devices available. Plus, it is not a SCSI Tape Drive; it is a FC Drive.

Has anyone been able to add a FC Tape Drive to a VM?

Thanks

 

[stupman]

This is not (yet) possible in ESX.
If you want to backup your VM's, VCB is the preferred way, an disk agent is the second option.