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I am using an ESXi 4 version. I will try this in the morning.<br />
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Thanks.
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I am using an ESXi 4 version. I will try this in the morning.

Thanks.

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I am placing this Server in the cluster. But I will try sometime today or tomorrow the recommendation you posted.
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I am placing this Server in the cluster. But I will try sometime today or tomorrow the recommendation you posted.

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It seem that USB external drive is not fully supported with the ESX4i. The information provided was helpful but it will requires some tweaking. The USB drive I have is for CYA and we decided to not attach the USB drive. <br />
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I hope VM will have some improvement in this area.
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It seem that USB external drive is not fully supported with the ESX4i. The information provided was helpful but it will requires some tweaking. The USB drive I have is for CYA and we decided to not attach the USB drive.

I hope VM will have some improvement in this area.

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Me too! :)<br />
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~coolsport00
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Hi,<br />
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Is there a way to connect an external USB drive to a VMWare Virtual Server 2003? I just converted a P2V Server but I have a USB Drive that was connected to this server. I'd like to connect this USB drive back to the newly converted VM Server. Is there a way to connect this external USB Drive?<br />
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Any comments or suggestion will be helpful.<br />
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Thank you.<br />
Collin
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Hi,

Is there a way to connect an external USB drive to a VMWare Virtual Server 2003? I just converted a P2V Server but I have a USB Drive that was connected to this server. I'd like to connect this USB drive back to the newly converted VM Server. Is there a way to connect this external USB Drive?

Any comments or suggestion will be helpful.

Thank you.
Collin

USB Drive connect to Virtual Windows 2003 Server

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Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).