Comments on: Connecting external hard drive to VM software http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:14:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: ricopersaud http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-99962 ricopersaud Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:18:05 +0000 #comment-99962 @ BOBHost.

You are correct on SAN and NAS storage, they are compatible with VMware. But we are trying to connect a 2TB external hard drive to the host but he guest machine (OS) is not seeing it. We call VMware on the issue and they give us a link http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021345 with compatible external drive. These drives are too small for the date we are trhing to trasnfer.

]]> By: bodhost http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-99959 bodhost Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:41:06 +0000 #comment-99959 According to my experience SAN and NAS storage hard drives are compatible with VMware.

]]> By: mattcassell http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-93779 mattcassell Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:28:15 +0000 #comment-93779 Check out this link for officially supported USB devices:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021345

]]> By: ricopersaud http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-93739 ricopersaud Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:26:17 +0000 #comment-93739 Yes your right he did give suggestions for adding external usb harddrives to the vmware. I have added the adapter and im still unable to see the drives I have added.
So are there certain external USB hard drves that aren’t compatible with VmWare? If so, what are they , because Ive googled and googled and have yet to find this info.

]]> By: The Most-Watched IT Questions: June 28, 2011 - ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-93700 The Most-Watched IT Questions: June 28, 2011 - ITKE Community Blog Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:00:20 +0000 #comment-93700 [...] 1. Mattcassell gave suggestions for connecting external hard drives to VM software. [...]

]]> By: ricopersaud http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-93502 ricopersaud Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:48:54 +0000 #comment-93502 I have added the USB adapter and still it doesn’t see my drives , is there a certain configuration or something.

]]> By: mattcassell http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-93378 mattcassell Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:22:04 +0000 #comment-93378 ESX/ESXi 4.1 allow USB passthrough so in theory any drive should work as long as you have added a USB adapter to the VM. I think it does not support USB3.0 though.

]]> By: ricopersaud http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-93323 ricopersaud Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:07:43 +0000 #comment-93323 We are using VM ware EXSI 4.1

]]> By: mrdenny http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/connecting-external-hard-drive-to-vm-software/#comment-93299 mrdenny Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:11:37 +0000 #comment-93299 What VMware product and version are you using?

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