I use libvirt for this backup server, and I also have a cluster on oVirt, but for this case I only want to use a virtualized Windows 2008 to in case restore old tape created on our old Symantec BackUp Exec 2010 software.
Alain VONDRA Chargé d'exploitation des Systèmes d'Information Direction Administrative et Financière +33 1 44 39 77 76 UNICEF France 3 rue Duguay Trouin 75006 PARIS www.unicef.fr -----Message d'origine----- De : Yedidyah Bar David [mailto:d...@redhat.com] Envoyé : jeudi 12 février 2015 14:45 À : VONDRA Alain Cc : Stefano Danzi; users@ovirt.org Objet : Re: Enable Smart Array P212 thru VM I thought that if you ask on users@ovirt, you use ovirt... What do you use, then? iiuc libvirt already supports that. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "VONDRA Alain" <avon...@unicef.fr> > To: "Yedidyah Bar David" <d...@redhat.com>, "Stefano Danzi" > <s.da...@hawai.it> > Cc: users@ovirt.org > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 3:39:22 PM > Subject: RE: Enable Smart Array P212 thru VM > > I can't unlikely take this solution, because I don't use oVirt and I > have to use a CentOS 6.6 version because o f the kernel version 2.6 > supported by Acronis Backup Thanks > > > > > > Alain VONDRA > Chargé d'exploitation des Systèmes d'Information Direction > Administrative et Financière > +33 1 44 39 77 76 > UNICEF France > 3 rue Duguay Trouin 75006 PARIS > www.unicef.fr > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : users-boun...@ovirt.org [mailto:users-boun...@ovirt.org] De la > part de Yedidyah Bar David Envoyé : jeudi 12 février 2015 11:24 À : > Stefano Danzi Cc : users@ovirt.org Objet : Re: [ovirt-users] Enable > Smart Array P212 thru VM > > Another future option, targeted for 3.6, is pci passthrough [1] [2]. > > [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Features/hostdev_passthrough > [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099760 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stefano Danzi" <s.da...@hawai.it> > > To: users@ovirt.org > > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 12:09:01 PM > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Enable Smart Array P212 thru VM > > > > You could share a tape library as iSCSI target and connet it to the VM. > > I've never do a similar thing but internet give some suggestions: > > > > http://scst.sourceforge.net/target_iscsi.html > > http://www.kraftkennedy.com/virtualizing-scsi-tape-drives-with-an-is > > cs > > i-bridge/ > > > > > > > > Il 12/02/2015 10.40, VONDRA Alain ha scritto: > > > Hi, > > > I'd like to know if there is any solution to enable a Smart Array > > > P212 PCIe card over a Windows VM ? > > > I've a Backup Acronis Software to install, and I'd prefer to > > > install it on a CentOS distrib, and not on a Windows 2008 R2. > > > Our old backup software is Symantec Backup Exec and we have to > > > keep the possibility to restore old tapes on demand. > > > So the solution to keep a sleeping Windows VM, and have the way to > > > enable it, just to restore a tape would be perfect. > > > I've tried to add a new hardware with virt-manager, but this > > > action just freeze the manager, and I need to restart the libvirtd > > > service to unlock it. > > > If anybody knows a way to do that, I'd be very grateful. > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > Alain VONDRA > > > Chargé d'exploitation des Systèmes d'Information Direction > > > Administrative et Financière > > > +33 1 44 39 77 76 > > > UNICEF France > > > 3 rue Duguay Trouin 75006 PARIS > > > www.unicef.fr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Users mailing list > > > Users@ovirt.org > > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > Users@ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > -- > Didi > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Didi _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users