[TriLUG] Adding an external USB drive to a KVM windows guest not working well

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Ron Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is this a USB2 or USB3 device?  Reason for asking; I have similar issues with VMWare Fusion on Mac when using USB3 devices on my USB2 VM.
>>
>       USB2 at best:
>
> Bus 003 Device 016: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron
> USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge
>
      I think the issue is a bit bigger than I originally thought. I
tried attaching a garden-variety wireless usb thingie on it, something
that has worked fine in my home kvm  (arduino and UPS are fondled
using that) setup, and once again Windows refuses to notice it is
there.

I guess it is time to take this to the kvm list.


>>
>> On Mar 21, 2017, at 9:06 AM, Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>>
>> So I tried:
>>
>> 1. virsh attach-disk /dev/sdg windowsguest sdd
>> 2. Try to feed the entire usb device
>> 2.1. lsusb to find the vendor and product ids
>> 2.2. Create a usb.xml file with that info, say,
>>
>>    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
>>      <source  startupPolicy='optional' missing='yes'>
>>        <vendor id='0x152d'/>
>>        <product id='0x2338'/>
>>      </source>
>>    </hostdev>
>>
>> 2.3. virsh attach-device windowsguest usb.html
>>
>> Neither seem to be recognised by the windows as a new device.
>>
>> Suggestions?
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