VMWare Server 1.0.0 build-27828
For testing, I installed Symantec Backup Exec 10d for Windows Servers on both the Host O/S (Windows 2003 Standard) and a VM Guest O/S (Windows 2003 Standard R2). Everything works fine on the Host, but not on the VM.
vmx:
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "4"
numvcpus = "2"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "512"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "G:"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.fileName = "A:"
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
displayName = "VM1"
guestOS = "winnetstandard"
autostart = "poweron"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 99 0c 95 e3 cd 56-60 e1 b6 6e 08 de 1b 88"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 99 0c 95 e3 cd 56-60 e1 b6 6e 08 de 1b 88"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:de:1b:88"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
scsi3.present = "TRUE"
scsi3:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi3:0.deviceType = "scsi-passthru"
scsi3:0.fileName = "Tape0"
scsi3.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
workingDir = "."
autostop = "softpoweroff"
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Device Manager has the tape operational using the latest Veritas driver for the tape drive.
Symantec / Veritas Backup Exec successfully sees the IBM 3581 Autoloader device. "Inventory" runs successfully.
Backups (in the Verify stage) always fail. Restores always fail:
Backup Exec messages:
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Job Completion Status
Job ended: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 7:06:54 PM
Completed status: Failed
Final error: 0xe00084c8 - The backup storage device has failed.
Final error category: Backup Device Errors
For additional information regarding this error refer to link V-79-57344-33992
Errors
Click an error below to locate it in the job log
Verify- C: Storage device "IBM 1" reported an error on a request to read data from media.
Error reported:
The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
V-79-57344-33992 - The backup storage device has failed.
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The Backup stage appears to finish fine, and then the Verify stage always fails. The tape drive certainly "looks" like it is running around fine.
Seems like the Generic SCSI is not quite cooperating with the real tape drive.
Note: running Symantec Backup Exec on the Host works great (Inventory, Backup, Restore). It's just when running Symantec Backup Exec on the Guest VM that trouble occurs (Inventory works, Backup only works until the Verify step which fails, Restores fails).
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charger1983