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4 Expand New USB Controller to change the USB controller type.
If compatibility errors appear, fix them before you add the controller.
5 Click Save.
What to do next
Add one or more USB devices to the virtual machine.
Add USB Devices from a Client Computer to a Virtual Machine in
the vSphere Web Client
You can add one or more USB passthrough devices from a client computer to a virtual machine in the
vSphere Web Client. The devices must be connected to a client computer that connects to the ESXi host
on which the virtual machine resides.
Note If you connect to a USB device on a Mac OS X client computer, you can add only one device to
the virtual machine at a time.
The devices maintain their virtual machine connections in S1 standby, if the vSphere Web Client is
running and connected. After you add the USB device to the virtual machine, a message on the client
computer states that the device is disconnected. The device remains disconnected from the client
computer until you disconnect it from the virtual machine.
Fault Tolerance is not supported with USB passthrough from a client computer to a virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that a USB device is connected to the client computer.
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Verify that the virtual machine is powered on.
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Verify that a USB controller is present.
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Verify that the vSphere Web Client has access to the ESXi host on which the virtual machines are
running.
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Required Privilege: Virtual machine.Configuration.Add or remove device
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to a virtual machine.
2 Launch the VMware Remote Console application.
Note You cannot connect a USB device to a virtual machine if you use the HTML5 console in the
vSphere Web Client.
3 In the VMware Remote Console toolbar, click VMRC > Removable Devices and find the USB device.
4 Click Connect (Disconnect from menu).
The USB device is connected to the virtual machine.
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