Tape drive use with Hyper-V

Find out options for passing tape drives through to Hyper-V VMs.

John Savill

April 17, 2015

1 Min Read
Tape drive use with Hyper-V

Q. How can I use a tape drive with a Hyper-V VM?

A. To access tape drives via a Hyper-V VM you either need to connect to the tape drive via iSCSI or use virtual Fibre Channel. You cannot use pass-through from the host for a tape drive.

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