[geeks] vmware, usb, and hubs

[Brian Dunbar]

I'm still on my trial period for vmware - and having issues with USB.

The host has two USB ports.

One has a 500 mb flash drive in it, with the licensing for the host app on
it.
Two has a usb hub connecting two (large) external USB drives with data on
them.

(I'd like to not have this as a requirement but currently 'USB drive' is
how we walk TBs of data over to those machines.  Hooray sneaker net).

Hypervisor can 'see' all the devices.  One can be attached to the guest VM,
no problem.  Two cannot: it's just not there.

I thought DirectPath might be a solution - told vmware to put Two as a
DirectPath device.   When I add that PCI device to the guest it halts at
boot and tells me ..

*Failed to register the device pciPassthru0 for 0:26.0 due to unavailable
hardware or software support*

Sup with that nonsense?

-- 
Brian Dunbar

"Display some adaptability"