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Connecting USB devices to the guest operating systems is not supported under VMWare ESX.<br />
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See the notes:<br />
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<a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015" rel="ugc nofollow">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015</a>
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Connecting USB devices to the guest operating systems is not supported under VMWare ESX.

See the notes:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015 [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015]

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I am trying to connect a thermal USB printer to a VM via the physical USB port on the ESX host, but I get an error when I try to print. I have tried every physical USB port on the rear of the mother board (The front does not have any). I have enabled USB on the particular VM as well. The printer is installed and the driver is correct and current. This VM is a P2V conversion that runs correctly except for this issue. I went into “configuration” on the ESX host and attempted to set ‘Pass Through” for the USB(s) and rebooted and but still get the same result. If there is anyone with experience in setting up USB to VM, can you please help me out. This particular printer will not work via map/shared setting<br />
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The ESX 4.0 host is built with the following:<br />
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Intel DQ57TM mother board<br />
Intel i7 860 processor<br />
2 Intel PRO//1000 PT NIC cards<br />
4 Gig RAM<br />
2 T WD hard disk<br />
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Thanks in advance<br />

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I am trying to connect a thermal USB printer to a VM via the physical USB port on the ESX host, but I get an error when I try to print. I have tried every physical USB port on the rear of the mother board (The front does not have any). I have enabled USB on the particular VM as well. The printer is installed and the driver is correct and current. This VM is a P2V conversion that runs correctly except for this issue. I went into “configuration” on the ESX host and attempted to set ‘Pass Through” for the USB(s) and rebooted and but still get the same result. If there is anyone with experience in setting up USB to VM, can you please help me out. This particular printer will not work via map/shared setting


The ESX 4.0 host is built with the following:

Intel DQ57TM mother board
Intel i7 860 processor
2 Intel PRO//1000 PT NIC cards
4 Gig RAM
2 T WD hard disk

Thanks in advance


USB connect to Virtual Machine via ESX Host

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