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Old 05-11-2010
Sharing devices (tape drive) to local zone
I have to setup a local zone and need to share the fiber attached tape drive that is connected to the global zone.

What is the best way to do this? Will sharing the /dev/rmt directory via lofs work?

Any help is appreciated!
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Old 05-11-2010
sharing /dev/rmt won't work. This is the supported way to do it:
Code:
# zonecfg -z myzone
zonecfg:myzone> 
zonecfg:myzone> add device
zonecfg:myzone:device> set match=/dev/rmt/0
zonecfg:myzone:device> end
zonecfg:myzone> 
#

Then reboot the zone.
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