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Workstation 11 cannot connect host's SATA DVD drive to any guest OS

I'm running Workstation 11 under Windows Server 2012 R2.  When attempting to connect the host's SATA DVD drive (there's only the one drive) to a guest machine, I get the following error:

Failed to connect to device '\\?\scsi#cdrom&ven_asus&prod_drw-24b1st___c#4&3997f332&0&020000#{53f56308-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}': The handle is invalid

Please ensure that your configuration is correct.

Failed to connect virtual device sata0:0.

I have deleted and re-added the DVD drive to the guest machines and this makes no difference.  It makes no difference whether I pick the DVD by its drive letter or choose "auto-detect." I am able to use the DVD drive just fine from the host.

Any idea what is causing this or what to do about it?

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