ESXi 4.0 U1 Install new sound card

[ompasdekis]

Greetings there

What is the procedure to make available for VMs a sound card that just has been pluged into the server??

Thanks in advance

Ulysses

[kumarsenthild]

Hi,

ESX/ESXI No inbuilt audio driver from Guest OS.

if your taking RDP audio taken from Local system.



Regards

Senthil Kumar D

[PaulSvirin]

If you have PCI card you can try to configure VMDirectPath :

In case of USB - there is a hardware USB-over-IP solutions. Otherwise - try using RDP way.

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[J1mbo]

Some apps do seem to need a local audio device to install and run correctly, even if it will never be used. I've found that Virtual Audio Cable works OK for Windows 7 guests running iTunes (which actually play through AirTunes), perhaps that will help.

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[ompasdekis]

Thanks everybody for the quick responses. They will bevery helpful in the near future

But my question, right now, is one level below these problems.

I wonder if I, somehow, have to install the sound card on the server so later I can assign it as a device to a virtual machine.

If I must do that, what is the procedure?