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Chapter 16 Connecting Devices
To connect a USB device manually
1 Selectthevirtualmachine.
2Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredon.
3 ChooseVM>RemovableDevices><device_name>.
Here<device_name>specifiestheUSBdevicethatispluggedintothehost.
Acheckmarkappearsnexttothedevice’sname,indicatingthatitisconnected.
IfthephysicalUSBdevicesareconnectedtothehostth
roughahub,thevirtual
machineseesonlytheUSBdevices,notthehub.
USB Driver Installation on a Windows Host
WhenaparticularUSBdeviceisconnectedtoavirtualmachineforthefirsttime,the
hostdetectsitasanewdevicenamedVMwareUSBDeviceandinstallstheappropriate
VMwaredriver.
OnWindowsXPandWindowsServer2003hosts,theMicrosoftWindowsFoundNew
Hardwarewizardpromptsyoutoru
nit.Selectthedefaultaction,Installthesoftware
automatically.Afterthesoftwareisinstalled,theguestoperatingsystemdetectsthe
USBdeviceandsearchesforasuitabledriver.
Synchronize a PDA to Install a PDA Driver
WhenyousynchronizeaPDAtoavirtualmachineforthefirsttime,thetotaltime
requiredtoloadtheVMwareUSBdevicedriverinthehostandthePDAdriverinthe
guestmightexceedthedevice’sconnectiontimeoutvalue.Thiscausesthedeviceto
disconnectitselffromthecomputerbefo
retheguestcansynchronizewithit.
To synchronize a PDA to install a PDA driver
1 ConnecttheUSBdevicetothecomputerthathoststhevirtualmachine.
2SynchronizethePDAwiththehost.
3LettheguestfinishinstallingthePDAdriver.
4Dismissanyconnectionerrorwarnings.
5SynchronizethePDAagain.
Thissecondattemptusuallysucceeds.
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