Hi There, I was wondering if it is possible to export a LSI SAS card (with external input) into the windows xp VM I have setup, The plan is to use a tape drive on it -- has anyone done this before or could point me to any info? Debian stable, Xen 3.0.3-1-amd64 Many thanks Mark _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Daniel Kao
2008-Aug-13 18:51 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] exporting SAS card for using external device
Hi Mark, For a Windows-based HVM, your best bet is to do some sort of Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU PCI passthrough. That would require a motherboard that''s VT-d aware (e.g. Intel DQ35JO), and a Xen kernel that''s VT-d aware (i.e. Xen 3.2.1). If you''re doing what I think you''re doing (i.e. scenario where getting another physical server dedicated for backup; using a VM to do so), you can either use Amanda (Open Community) in a dom0 or PV domU. But if your heart is set on HVM, you''ll need new hardware most likely in the first place to do PCI passthrough. Good luck! Mark Adams wrote: Hi There, I was wondering if it is possible to export a LSI SAS card (with external input) into the windows xp VM I have setup, The plan is to use a tape drive on it -- has anyone done this before or could point me to any info? Debian stable, Xen 3.0.3-1-amd64 Many thanks Mark _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users -- Daniel Kao Übermind, Inc. Seattle, WA, U.S.A. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Andy Burns
2008-Aug-15 09:30 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] exporting SAS card for using external device
On 13/08/2008 17:53, Mark Adams wrote:> I was wondering if it is possible to export a LSI SAS card (with > external input) into the windows xp VM I have setup, The plan is to use > a tape drive on it -- has anyone done this before or could point me to > any info?You''ll need a VT-i capable CPU for HVM windows, and a VT-d capable motherboard to allow HVM PCI passthrough, a newer version of Xen (3.2.1 or later?) a couple of sacrificial SCSI goats would probably come in handy too ;-) _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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