I am running ESXi 5.0 on an HP BL460c G1.
Guest OS is Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1.
vSphere Client is running on Server 2003 Standard SP2.
I'm trying to virtualize an old server that is critical to daily functions because the hardware it is currently on is 6 years old and management doesn't want to spend the cash to have it replaced.
One of the requirements for the software is a security device that is currently parallel but we can get a USB version.
Now the problem is I can't get any USB devices to connect to the virtual machine that I've created.
- I tried to do a USB passthrough under the Host's configuration>Advanced Settings; but it tells me "Host does not support passthrough configuration"
- I tried to connect a USB device from the vSphere Client machine; It warns me the device is about to be unplugged from the host and connected to the virtual machine. Then after clicking "ok" I get the message "The remote device on <virtual machine> connected to <usb device> is disconnected."
It actually shows the virtual machine name instead of <virtual machine> and <usb device> is "v2.0.33"
Is there a way to fix this disconnecting usb device?