SB Connectivity Veeam Virtual Tape Library

Open the Silent Brick System GUI via a web browser

Choose 'Libraries'

Click 'Add'

Enter a name

Choose the desired library type (See guide details in the first chapter)

Edit 'Drive Name Prefix' if needed.

Choose a number of drives.

Choose the desired drive type. (See guide details in the first chapter)

Choose the desired amount of Bricks from the list.

Use 'CTRL' to choose multiple Bricks.

Confirm by clicking 'Add'

Best use with 10GB ethernet

Get your iscsi initiator name from Windows

Set up an iscsi client via Silent Brick web interface by choosing protocol iSCSI

Client Name: Enter the IP or the name of the client windows host

Initiator name: Enter the initiator string you retrieved in step 1

Authentication: If needed, authentication may be set up. Recommendation is no authentication

Open your Windows Computer Manager and expand "Storage Controllers"

Select your iSCSI Initiator and choose properties

Switch to Details and choose the property "Class Guid"

Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - System - CurrentControlSet - Control - Class - <iSCSI Class ID> - <ID> - Parameters

In Parameters adjust the' MaxTransferLength'. This value must match your Tape Block size ( configured later ). 1 MB=0x100000, 512KB=0x80000, 256KB=0x40000. Recommended minimum 256 K

Only supported for controllers with fibre channel

Client Name: Enter the IP or the name of the client windows host.

Target Port: Choose port to connect to.

Port enumeration is from right to left.

When set to 'Everyone' the left Port 2 is used.

Initiator WWN: Choose partner WWN to connect with.

Connect the created library to your Veeam host via iSCSI or FibreChannel

Set the max transfer length via regedit when using iSCSI. Path is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - System - CurrentControlSet - Control - Class - <iSCSI Class ID> - <ID> - Parameters

Recommendation: 1M ( Hex: 0x100000 )

Set the Tape Block Size for Veeam via regedit

Recommendation: 1M ( Hex: 0x100000 )

Rescan your tape server in Veeam

Add new tape server first if not configured yet

Enable 'Native SCSI Support' in the Library properties

Define the blocksize in the Tape Drive properties

Recommendation: 1M

Format new tapes when all values are configured properly

Blocksizes will be stored in the tape header. When changing the Blocksize after formatting, a reformat is necessary.