Vista - share usb on VPC 2007 sp1

Hy guys,

it's possible share usb port between the guest and the host machine ? I
need to run a software on my vm that connect to a external appliance across
a host usb port.

It's possible ?

Thanks in advance.

Not with VPC 2007. It doesn't support USB.

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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:06:07 +0200, "INPUTIO" <INPUTIO@xxxxxx> wrote:

it's possibile make it with virtual server 2005 r2 ?

thanks in advance


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No, that doesn't support USB either.

VPC7 can use USB< but you have to be running Windows 7 on the host.

Otherwise you're going to have to go with something like VMWare or
VirtualBox.

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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:27:13 +0200, "INPUTIO" <INPUTIO@xxxxxx> wrote:

thanks.

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You're welcome.

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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:46:29 +0200, "INPUTIO" <INPUTIO@xxxxxx> wrote:

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In addition to Bob's replies, you may be able to do this depending on what
sort of USB device you're talking about, which you didn't mention in your
post...

Although VPC doesn't emulate the USB subsystem, it is possible to use
certain types of USB devices such as mass storage devices and printers via
standard networking. E.g. if you plug an external hard disk into a USB port
on the host machine, this can then be shared like any other drive and
accessed from the guest via standard networking protocols, just like sharing
drives on any two physical machines on the same network. Many modern
printers also support sharing in this way.

Alternatively, there is software available which encapsulates USB devices,
gives them an IP address, and makes them available via standard networking.

I've never tried this so I can't recommend it personally, but people have
reported that it works well enough...


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Hi AMrk,

thansk for your reply.

I need to use a usb host port to connect with the VM across a usb>serial
cable adpter to my serial port (db9) on external appliance.

Can i do it ?

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What happened when you tried...?


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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:38:18 +0200, "INPUTIO" <INPUTIO@xxxxxx> wrote:
If the USB device is registered as a COM port on the host, then you
can just go into the settings of the guest and navigate to the COM1 or
COM2 setting. Now you can define which host COM port to pass through
to your guest. You can select from all registered ports on the host.

I have tested this a couple of years back with such serial ports and
it works.

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