Quickest way to get a usb drive to be seen in hyperV?

[Sonic007]

Hi.

How do you get your usb drive that is connected to the physical machine to be seen by one of the hyper V servers?

 

Many thanks.

[BroganOs]

Try this:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/learn-more/use-local-resources-on-hyper-v-virtual-machine-with-vmconnect

[Davit2005]

Using VMware at home and I have a Silex USB server, it is very reliable since bought it 2-3 years ago. Plugs into the network and you run a bit of software on the server to connect to it, shows up just like a local drive.

 

Use it to copy backups to a portable HDD for off site backups.

[Norphy]

Try this:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/learn-more/use-local-resources-on-hyper-v-virtual-machine-with-vmconnect

 

That will only work when connected to a VM using the Virtual Machine Viewer. As soon as you disconnect, the USB drive will disappear. Yes, you could use this in a pinch but it isn’t the same as proper hardware redirection.

 

Unfortunately, USB device redirection is not a feature that Hyper-V has, unlike ESXi so if this is a facility you need, you’ll need a third party price of software as mentioned on the previous post.

[Sonic007]

Try this:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/learn-more/use-local-resources-on-hyper-v-virtual-machine-with-vmconnect

 

 

 

This worked perfectly. Thankyou.