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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
- Contents
- About vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
- Introduction to VMware vSphere Virtual Machines
- Deploying Virtual Machines
- Create a Virtual Machine with the New Virtual Machine Wizard
- Clone a Virtual Machine to a Template
- Clone a Virtual Machine to a Template in the vSphere Web Client
- Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Template
- Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Template in the vSphere Web Client
- Clone an Existing Virtual Machine
- Clone an Existing Virtual Machine in the vSphere Web Client
- Cloning a Virtual Machine with Instant Clone
- Clone a Template to a Template
- Clone a Template to a Template in the vSphere Web Client
- Convert a Template to a Virtual Machine
- Deploying OVF and OVA Templates
- Using Content Libraries
- Create a Library
- Synchronize a Subscribed Content Library
- Edit a Content Library
- Hierarchical Inheritance of Permissions for Content Libraries
- Content Library Administrator Role
- Populating Libraries with Content
- Creating Virtual Machines and vApps from Templates in a Content Library
- Working with Items in a Library
- Configuring Virtual Machine Hardware
- Virtual Machine Compatibility
- Virtual CPU Configuration
- Virtual CPU Limitations
- Configuring Multicore Virtual CPUs
- Change CPU Hot Plug Settings
- Change the Number of Virtual CPUs
- Allocate CPU Resources
- Change CPU Identification Mask Settings
- Expose VMware Hardware Assisted Virtualization
- Enable Virtual CPU Performance Counters
- Configure Processor Scheduling Affinity
- Change CPU/MMU Virtualization Settings
- Virtual Memory Configuration
- Virtual Disk Configuration
- About Virtual Disk Provisioning Policies
- Large Capacity Virtual Disk Conditions and Limitations
- Change the Virtual Disk Configuration
- Use Disk Shares to Prioritize Virtual Machines
- Configure Flash Read Cache for a Virtual Machine
- Determine the Virtual Disk Format and Convert a Virtual Disk from the Thin Provision Format to a Thick Provision Format
- Add a Hard Disk to a Virtual Machine
- SCSI and SATA Storage Controller Conditions, Limitations, and Compatibility
- Virtual Machine Network Configuration
- Network Adapter Basics
- Network Adapters and Legacy Virtual Machines
- Change the Virtual Machine Network Adapter Configuration
- Add a Network Adapter to a Virtual Machine
- Parallel and Serial Port Configuration
- Using Serial Ports with vSphere Virtual Machines
- Adding a Firewall Rule Set for Serial Port Network Connections
- Configure Virtual Machine Communication Interface Firewall
- Change the Serial Port Configuration in the vSphere Web Client
- Authentication Parameters for Virtual Serial Port Network Connections
- Add a Serial Port to a Virtual Machine in the vSphere Web Client
- Change the Parallel Port Configuration
- Add a Parallel Port to a Virtual Machine vSphere Web Client
- Other Virtual Machine Device Configuration
- Change the CD/DVD Drive Configuration in the vSphere Web Client
- Add or Modify a Virtual Machine CD or DVD Drive
- Change the Floppy Drive Configuration in the vSphere Web Client
- Add a Floppy Drive to a Virtual Machine in the vSphere Web Client
- Add and Configure a SCSI Device
- Add a PCI Device
- Configuring 3D Graphics
- Add an NVIDIA GRID vGPU to a Virtual Machine
- USB Configuration from an ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine
- USB Autoconnect Feature
- vSphere Features Available with USB Passthrough
- Configuring USB Devices for vMotion
- Avoiding Data Loss with USB Devices
- Connecting USB Devices to an ESXi Host
- Add USB Devices to an ESXi Host
- Add a USB Controller to a Virtual Machine
- Add USB Devices from an ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine
- Remove USB Devices That Are Connected Through an ESXi Host
- Remove USB Devices from an ESXi Host
- USB Configuration from a Client Computer to a Virtual Machine
- Add a Shared Smart Card Reader to Virtual Machines
- Securing Virtual Machines with Virtual Trusted Platform Module
- Configuring Virtual Machine Options
- Virtual Machine Options Overview
- General Virtual Machine Options
- Configuring User Mappings on Guest Operating Systems
- VMware Remote Console Options
- Virtual Machine Encryption
- Virtual Machine Power Management Options
- Configuring VMware Tools Options
- Virtualization Based Security
- Configuring Virtual Machine Boot Options
- Configuring Virtual Machine Advanced Options
- Configure Fibre Channel NPIV Settings
- Managing Multi-Tiered Applications with vSphere vApp
- Create a vApp
- Create or Add an Object to a vApp
- Edit vApp Settings
- Clone a vApp
- Perform vApp Power Operations
- Edit vApp Notes
- Add a Network Protocol Profile in the vSphere Web Client
- Virtual Machine vApp Options
- Monitoring Solutions with the vCenter Solutions Manager
- Managing Virtual Machines
- Installing a Guest Operating System
- Customizing Guest Operating Systems
- Guest Operating System Customization Requirements
- Create a vCenter Server Application to Generate Computer Names and IP Addresses
- Customize Windows During Cloning or Deployment in the vSphere Web Client
- Customize Linux During Cloning or Deployment in the vSphere Web Client
- Apply a Customization Specification to a Virtual Machine
- Creating and Managing Customization Specifications
- Edit Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown Settings in the vSphere Web Client
- Edit Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown Settings
- Install the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
- Using a Virtual Machine Console
- Answer Virtual Machine Questions
- Removing and Reregistering VMs and VM Templates
- Managing Virtual Machine Templates
- Using Snapshots To Manage Virtual Machines
- Enhanced vMotion Compatibility as a Virtual Machine Attribute
- Migrating Virtual Machines
- Migrate a Powered Off or Suspended Virtual Machine
- Migrate a Powered-Off or Suspended Virtual Machine in the vSphere Web Client
- Migrate a Virtual Machine to a New Compute Resource
- Migrate a Virtual Machine to New Storage
- Migrate a Virtual Machine to New Storage in the vSphere Web Client
- Migrate a Virtual Machine to a New Compute Resource and Storage
- Migrate a Virtual Machine to a New Compute Resource and Storage in the vSphere Web Client
- Upgrading Virtual Machines
- Required Privileges for Common Tasks
- Troubleshooting Overview
- Troubleshooting Virtual Machines
With autoconnect enabled, the device connection re-establishes in the following cases:
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The virtual machine is cycling through power operations, such as Power Off/Power On, Reset,
Pause/Resume.
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The device is unplugged from the host then plugged back in to the same USB port.
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The device is power cycled but has not changed its physical connection path.
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The device is mutating identity during usage.
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A new virtual USB device is added
The USB passthrough autoconnect feature identifies the device by using the USB path of the device on
the host. It uses the physical topology and port location, rather than the device identity. This feature can
seem confusing if you expect the autoconnect feature to match the connection target by device ID.
If the same device is plugged back in to the host through a different USB port, it cannot re-establish
connection with the virtual machine. If you unplug the device from the host and plug in a different device
to the same USB path, the new device appears and is connected to the virtual machine by the
autoconnect feature that the previous device connection enabled.
Autoconnect is useful in cases where devices mutate during usage. For example, for iPhones and other
such devices, the device VID:PID changes during software or firmware upgrades. The upgrade process
disconnects and reconnects the devices to the USB port.
The USB port is speed-specific. The autoconnect feature assumes that devices do not transition from
USB 1.1 (low-full speed) to USB 2.0 (high speed) or the reverse. You cannot interchange USB 2.0 high-
speed devices with USB 1.1 devices. For example, you might connect a USB 2.0 high-speed device to a
port and connect that device to the virtual machine. If you unplug the device from the host and plug a
USB 1.1 device into the same port, the device does not connect to the virtual machine.
For a list of supported USB devices for passthrough from an ESXi host to a virtual machine, see the
VMware knowledge base article at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021345.
vSphere Features Available with USB Passthrough
Migrations with vMotion and DRS are supported with USB device passthrough from an ESXi host to a
virtual machine.
Table 5‑7. vSphere Features Available for USB Passthrough from an ESXi Host to a Virtual
Machine
Feature Supported with USB Device Passthrough
vSphere Distributed Power Management (DPM) No
vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Yes
vSphere Fault Tolerance No
vSphere vMotion Yes
For details about migration with vMotion, see Configuring USB Devices for vMotion.
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