USB device can not be recognized by GuestOS
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USB device can not be recognized by GuestOS

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Article ID: 404066

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Issue/Introduction


Symptoms:

  • The task to add USB passthrough devices from an ESXi host to a virtual machine is already successfully finished
  • However, the USB device can not be recognized by GuestOS

Environment

VMware ESXi 8.0

Cause

The USB device needs special driver

Resolution

Install the required USB driver within GuestOS