Workstation 15 Pro - PCI-card access

silverlox — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:39:53 GMT

I would like to have a Windows 10 VM have access to a PCI-E TV card resident in the host machine running Windows 10 also.

I believe there is a way to do this in VirtualBox using the hardware id's etc but cannot see if this is possible within VMware Workstation 15.

If I need to update to V16 then so be it but before I do, wanted to find out if it's not possible first.

Has anyone any suggestions/help they offer?

Reason is I'm trying to create a VM for the main programs I use as I'm fed up with Microsoft adding updates silently that break various functions that end up with me needing to restore a backup or a complete re-install. (Just in case, I have licenced copies of Windows to use)

Thank for looking and any help you can offer

Re: Workstation 15 Pro - PCI-card access

wila — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:39:30 GMT

Hi,

PCI pass-through does not exist for VMware Workstation, sorry.
This can only be done with VMware vSphere and as that is a totally different product, I don't think that it will help you.

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Wil

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