Attach SAS tape drive to VM with Netbackup 7.6 running on Hyper-v 2012 R2

I don't know if this is supported or not but I'm trying to install NetBackup on a hyper-v VM and attach an IBMTS2900 to that VM.  I don't know if the pass through will work.  Is the installation of Netbackup 7.6 Master/Media server supported on a 2012 r2 Virtual Server?  The only reason why I was trying not to install 7.6 on the 2012 R2 host is the event we would want to move to Server Core.