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Hi Andrew<br><br>If I am correct first I need to add the USB Controller to the virtual machine.<br>and then add Add USB Device to the virtual machine?
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Yes, as per my article, if you are not sure of the exact steps!<br />
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Just a little note, not all USB devices are compatible, and performance can be slow.
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Amazing thank you so much&nbsp; Andrew<br>All working great :)
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no problems, thanks for your interesting question!<br />
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Hi<br><br>We have VMWare infrastructure and version 6.7 installed. We have our SQL server and Veeam server.<br>We have a Dell PowerEdge R640 ESX host I have an external hard disk USB3 hardisk and I have plugged it into ESX host 2.<br>Now I would like to map the external hard disk to the Veeam server so that on the Veeam console, &nbsp;I can click Export Backup &nbsp;– select the SQL server VM and point to the mapped external hard disk to backup.<br><br>I have not Added a USB Device from an ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine<br>Please post me step by step to do this.<br>&nbsp;<br>Thanks in advance.<br>&nbsp;
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Hi
We have VMWare infrastructure and version 6.7 installed. We have our SQL server and Veeam server.
We have a Dell PowerEdge R640 ESX host I have an external hard disk USB3 hardisk and I have plugged it into ESX host 2.
Now I would like to map the external hard disk to the Veeam server so that on the Veeam console,  I can click Export Backup  – select the SQL server VM and point to the mapped external hard disk to backup.
I have not Added a USB Device from an ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine
Please post me step by step to do this.
 
Thanks in advance.
 

How do i add a USB Device from an ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Veeam® has pioneered a new market of Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™ by helping organizations meet recovery time and point objectives (RTPO™) of less than 15 minutes for all applications and data. Veeam develops backup, disaster recovery and virtualization management software for VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments. The company focuses on products that help with virtualized workloads, reduce downtime, and ensure the system Availability required by service-level agreements.

Veeam

eSXI 6.7

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.