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If you have an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), then it should be attached to the Host machine. &nbsp;Not a virtual.
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If you have an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), then it should be attached to the Host machine.  Not a virtual.

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So erm, it is of course physically attached to the host computer, but how do I go about ensuring that it can be shown to the VM? &nbsp;IE, so that I can install the Powerchute client on it and it can detect the UPS?<br />
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Thanks
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So erm, it is of course physically attached to the host computer, but how do I go about ensuring that it can be shown to the VM?  IE, so that I can install the Powerchute client on it and it can detect the UPS?

Thanks

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You have to manage it from the VMWare host machine with the VSphere client:<br />
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<a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007036" rel="ugc nofollow">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007036</a>
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You have to manage it from the VMWare host machine with the VSphere client:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007036 [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007036]

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Thanks for the help, I was able to get the VM to see the UPS using the VM USB passthrough link you had outlined.
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Thanks for the help, I was able to get the VM to see the UPS using the VM USB passthrough link you had outlined.

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Hi there,<br />
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I am trying to connected a UPS to one of our VMs via USB and I am wondering how this is done? &nbsp;I am using VMware's ESXI 5.1.<br />
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Thanks for the info.
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Hi there,

I am trying to connected a UPS to one of our VMs via USB and I am wondering how this is done?  I am using VMware's ESXI 5.1.

Thanks for the info.

Connecting a UPS via USB to a VMware VM via it's ESXI host?

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.