Comments on: Connecting a USB Device to an ESX hosted VM

By: Shandon

Shandon — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:13:39 +0000

Our company uses Serial to Ethernet Connector by Eltima Software, recommended…
http://www.eltima.com/products/usb-over-ethernet/

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By: Shandon

Shandon — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:13:39 +0000

Our company uses Serial to Ethernet Connector by Eltima Software, recommended…
http://www.eltima.com/products/usb-over-ethernet/

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By: Using USB Devices in Virtual Machines on VMware ESX « Lewan Professional Services Blog

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:31:56 +0000

[...] Update to the post: I came across a recent post over at VMetc mentioning a couple more temporary plus permanent options for using USB over IP: http://vmetc.com/2009/03/11/connecting-a-usb-device-to-an-esx-hosted-vm/ [...]

By: Tom Ackerson

Tom Ackerson — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:31:42 +0000

Just read your posting on USB over IP for VMware ESX hosted servers. I wrote an article about a year ago for this same purpose. We have used Keyspan USB servers with success.

http://mainesysadmin.com/2008/03/21/how-to-vmwa...

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:45:10 +0000

Thanks for the clarify. Honestly, I did not realize the 2 different
products either!

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:43:11 +0000

Josh,

Great points about the drivers missing and VMotion.

Network shares are definitely a great alternative for file transfers
if the networking and file shares already exist, but most often it's
just quicker and less administrative worry to just RDP and pass thru a
thumb drive.

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:38:17 +0000

Andy,

Thanks for providing another ESX USB alternative!

By: Addy van den Doel

Addy van den Doel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:53:05 +0000

Hi,

One other way around this 'problem' is using Belkins USB2Network device.
http://www.belkin.com/networkusbhub/
Works great with USB- drives, but also with printers and dongles.