Limit USB Device to one instance

[syarbrou]

I  have VMWare Workstation 14 pro running on server hardware with Windows 7 on it.  I have 8 VM's running on that system.  I am about to build another system for my home automation based on OpenHAB and will need to use one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Aeotec-Z-Stick-Z-Wave-create-gateway/dp/B00X0AWA6E​

So I plug this into the host computer.  How do I make sure this USB device ONLY is recognized by the one virtual and is there something special I should be enabling or disabling on all the hosts?  Note my virtual machines are a combination of Linux and Windows based environments.

Thanks for your input.

Steve

[bluefirestorm]

You can look at this KB on how to set up autoconnect upon powerup of a VM.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1648

Assuming the USB device is always plugged in to the host machine, USB autoconnect would likely be all that is needed.

But if you are plugging in the USB device while a VM that is not suppose to be receiving that USB device is in focus, I am not aware how to prevent that happening.