How can I connect a USB drive in a virtual machine running on Windows 2012 server
I have a windows 2012 server running. My virtual machine is a windows SBS 2008 server. Physically I can connect a USB to my Windows 2012 server, but I don't know how to connect the USB to the virtual machine.
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I have a windows 2012 server running. My virtual machine is a windows SBS 2008 server. Physically I can connect a USB to my Windows 2012 server, but I don't know how to connect the USB to the virtual machine.
usb virtual-machine windows-server-2012
asked Sep 5 '15 at 10:11
ejkejk
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I have a windows 2012 server running. My virtual machine is a windows SBS 2008 server. Physically I can connect a USB to my Windows 2012 server, but I don't know how to connect the USB to the virtual machine.
usb virtual-machine windows-server-2012
asked Sep 5 '15 at 10:11
ejkejk
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I have a windows 2012 server running. My virtual machine is a windows SBS 2008 server. Physically I can connect a USB to my Windows 2012 server, but I don't know how to connect the USB to the virtual machine.
usb virtual-machine windows-server-2012
usb virtual-machine windows-server-2012
asked Sep 5 '15 at 10:11
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asked Sep 5 '15 at 10:11
ejkejk
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asked Sep 5 '15 at 10:11
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asked Sep 5 '15 at 10:11
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Connect the USB drive, then look in the virtual machine settings to see if you can create another "virtual hard drive" that is mapped with the USB drive.
Alternately, most virtual machine hosts have a way to bring arbitrary USB devices into a VM. Look in the "USB" menu.
answered Sep 5 '15 at 10:46
Jamie HanrahanJamie Hanrahan
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Afaik Hyper-V doesn't support USB forwarding. So if you use Hyper-V for virtualization the only option is to add your USB drive as storage to your VM.
- On your host, disable the drive in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
- in the VM preferences, add a new hard disk and choose physical hard disk and your usb drive
- in the VM check in Disk Management that the new drive is marked active
see also: http://blogs.technet.com/b/hollis/archive/2012/02/21/accessing-usb-drives-in-a-hyper-v-vm.aspx
answered Sep 5 '15 at 10:59
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Connect the USB drive, then look in the virtual machine settings to see if you can create another "virtual hard drive" that is mapped with the USB drive.
Alternately, most virtual machine hosts have a way to bring arbitrary USB devices into a VM. Look in the "USB" menu.
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Connect the USB drive, then look in the virtual machine settings to see if you can create another "virtual hard drive" that is mapped with the USB drive.
Alternately, most virtual machine hosts have a way to bring arbitrary USB devices into a VM. Look in the "USB" menu.
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Connect the USB drive, then look in the virtual machine settings to see if you can create another "virtual hard drive" that is mapped with the USB drive.
Alternately, most virtual machine hosts have a way to bring arbitrary USB devices into a VM. Look in the "USB" menu.
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Connect the USB drive, then look in the virtual machine settings to see if you can create another "virtual hard drive" that is mapped with the USB drive.
Alternately, most virtual machine hosts have a way to bring arbitrary USB devices into a VM. Look in the "USB" menu.
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Afaik Hyper-V doesn't support USB forwarding. So if you use Hyper-V for virtualization the only option is to add your USB drive as storage to your VM.
- On your host, disable the drive in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
- in the VM preferences, add a new hard disk and choose physical hard disk and your usb drive
- in the VM check in Disk Management that the new drive is marked active
see also: http://blogs.technet.com/b/hollis/archive/2012/02/21/accessing-usb-drives-in-a-hyper-v-vm.aspx
answered Sep 5 '15 at 10:59
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Afaik Hyper-V doesn't support USB forwarding. So if you use Hyper-V for virtualization the only option is to add your USB drive as storage to your VM.
- On your host, disable the drive in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
- in the VM preferences, add a new hard disk and choose physical hard disk and your usb drive
- in the VM check in Disk Management that the new drive is marked active
see also: http://blogs.technet.com/b/hollis/archive/2012/02/21/accessing-usb-drives-in-a-hyper-v-vm.aspx
answered Sep 5 '15 at 10:59
egolusegolus
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Afaik Hyper-V doesn't support USB forwarding. So if you use Hyper-V for virtualization the only option is to add your USB drive as storage to your VM.
- On your host, disable the drive in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
- in the VM preferences, add a new hard disk and choose physical hard disk and your usb drive
- in the VM check in Disk Management that the new drive is marked active
see also: http://blogs.technet.com/b/hollis/archive/2012/02/21/accessing-usb-drives-in-a-hyper-v-vm.aspx
answered Sep 5 '15 at 10:59
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Afaik Hyper-V doesn't support USB forwarding. So if you use Hyper-V for virtualization the only option is to add your USB drive as storage to your VM.
- On your host, disable the drive in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
- in the VM preferences, add a new hard disk and choose physical hard disk and your usb drive
- in the VM check in Disk Management that the new drive is marked active
see also: http://blogs.technet.com/b/hollis/archive/2012/02/21/accessing-usb-drives-in-a-hyper-v-vm.aspx
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