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Talking to a SCSI tape device from VPS [message #23611]

Wed, 21 November 2007 06:25

jarcher
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Registered: August 2006
Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island

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Is there any reason that software running in a VPS would be unable to drive 
a tape device, so a backup server could run in a VPS?

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Re: Talking to a SCSI tape device from VPS [message #23615 is a reply to message #23611]

Wed, 21 November 2007 07:33

dev
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Registered: September 2005
Location: Moscow

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have you granted VPS access to the device in question
using vzctl set --devices option?

Kirill

Jim Archer wrote:
> Is there any reason that software running in a VPS would be unable to drive 
> a tape device, so a backup server could run in a VPS?
>

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Re: Talking to a SCSI tape device from VPS [message #23616 is a reply to message #23611]

Wed, 21 November 2007 07:35

kir
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Location: Moscow, Russia

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Jim Archer wrote:
> Is there any reason that software running in a VPS would be unable to
> drive a tape device, so a backup server could run in a VPS?
>
Never tried that, but looks like this is possible by giving a VE an
access to the device you want using --devnodes option of vzctl set.

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Re: Talking to a SCSI tape device from VPS [message #23745 is a reply to message #23616]

Sun, 25 November 2007 02:20

jarcher
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Registered: August 2006
Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island

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Thanks everyone, I'll try that...


--On Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:34 PM +0300 Kir Kolyshkin 
<kir@openvz.org> wrote:

> Jim Archer wrote:
>> Is there any reason that software running in a VPS would be unable to
>> drive a tape device, so a backup server could run in a VPS?
>>
> Never tried that, but looks like this is possible by giving a VE an
> access to the device you want using --devnodes option of vzctl set.

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