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" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > 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-iscsi-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 > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Didi _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
