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syedsiddiqui
Contributor
Contributor

USB Drive

Hi Guys,

How to Access USB Drive in Virtual Machine?

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Dave_Mishchenko
Immortal
Immortal

Hello, ESX / ESXi do not support USB devices in virtual machines. If you need to provide a USB device to a VM, then you would need to get a USB over IP device.

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syedsiddiqui
Contributor
Contributor

Hi,

Is there a alternative solution to copy data from USB drive to Virtual Machine, Since i dont have Blank CD Now.

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Dave_Mishchenko
Immortal
Immortal

Do you have network connectivity to the VM? You could create a file share on the VM and copy it over the network.

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derekn
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Could you convert the data on the USB drive to an .iso and then mount the iso to the vm through VI client?

-go easy

-go easy
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