I have vmware player 17.5.0 [ build-22583795 ] on windows 11 23h2 [ 22635.2483 ] installed and a sabrent usb 3.2 gen 2x1 10Gbps nvme enclosure [ https://amazon.com/dp/B08RVC6F9Y ] containing a crucial 1tb m.2 nvme [ https://amazon.com/dp/B0B25LZGGW ].
When i plug this into the dell inspiron 2-in-1 7640 laptop running the vmware player install it shows up in the host windows 11 OS environment but i'm never given the option to connect it instead to the windows 11 vm like i see in the case of usb connected flash drives.
When i plug this same nvme enclosure into my iMac 24" m1 running macOS sonoma 14.0 and vmware fusion 13.5.0 for apple silicon macs i am provided the option to connect it to the windows 11 arm64 vm instead of the host macOS environment.
i shut down the windows 11 vm and in settings tried enabling use of this usb-c attached pcie nvme storage by visiting vm settings | add | hard disk | nvme (recommended) | use a physical disk (for advanced users) but that option is greyed out with an information note below stating "physical disks are unavailable for encrypted virtual machines". Where windows 11 vm installs have to be encrypted due to its [ virtual ] tpm requirement.
Is there some configuration setting i'm overlooking in vmware player on windows 11 to get this working similar to how you can connect and disconnect usb-c attached flash drives?
