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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
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Chaining hubs together increases the chance of port and hub error, which can cause the device to
lose connection to a virtual machine.
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Certain hubs can cause USB device connections to be unreliable, so use care when you add a new
hub to an existing setup. Connecting certain USB devices directly to the client computer rather than to
a hub or extension cable might resolve their connection or performance issues. In some cases, you
must remove and reattach the device and hub to restore the device to a working state.
The USB arbitrator can monitor a maximum of 15 USB controllers. If your system includes controllers that
exceed the 15 controller limit and you connect USB devices to them, the devices are not available to the
virtual machine.
For compound devices, the virtualization process filters out the USB hub so that it is not visible to the
virtual machine. The remaining USB devices in the compound appear to the virtual machine as separate
devices. You can add each device to the same virtual machine or to different virtual machines if they run
on the same host.
For example, the Aladdin HASP HL Drive USB dongle package contains three devices (0529:0001 HASP
dongle, 13fe:1a00 Hub, 13fe:1d00 Kingston Drive). The virtualization process filters out the USB hub. The
remaining Aladdin HASP HL Drive USB dongle devices (one Aladdin HASP dongle and one Kingston
Drive) appear to the virtual machine as individual devices. You must add each device separately to make
it accessible to the virtual machine.
Procedure
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To add a USB device to a client computer, connect the device to an available port or hub.
What to do next
You can now add the USB device to the virtual machine.
Add a USB Controller to a Virtual Machine
USB controllers are available to add to virtual machines to support USB passthrough from an ESXi host
or from a client computer to a virtual machine.
You can add one virtual xHCI controller, one virtual EHCI controller, and one virtual UHCI controller per
virtual machine. With Hardware Version 11, the supported number of root hub ports per xHCI controller is
eight (four logical USB 3.0 ports and four logical USB 2.0 ports).
The conditions for adding a controller vary, depending on the device version, the type of passthrough
(host or client computer), and the guest operating system.
Table 5‑9. USB Controller Support
Controller type
Supported USB Device
Version
Supported for Passthrough
from ESXi Host to VM
Supported for Passthrough from
Client Computer to VM
EHCI+UHCI 2.0 and 1.1 Yes Yes
xHCI 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 Yes (USB 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1
devices only)
Yes (Linux, Windows 8 and later, and
Windows Server 2012 and later guests)
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