Workstation 15 Pro - PCI-card access

[silverlox]

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

[wila]

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

[Jacobaker]

All,

Is it possible to use a thunderbolt 3-4 PCIe dock and passthrough to the VM in workstation?

[RDPetruska]

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@Jacobaker wrote:

All,

Is it possible to use a thunderbolt 3-4 PCIe dock and passthrough to the VM in workstation?

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Highly doubtful.  Workstation can pass through USB, Serial, Parallel, and Bluetooth devices.  And, at an advanced level, hard disks/partitions.

[Technogeezer]

I'll remove the doubt:  No, here's no passthrough of Thunderbolt or PCIe devices. If the dock has the ports that @RDPetruska notes, those should be able to be passed through. But no pass-through of GPUs or other PCI cards.