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

[Ron Kelley via TriLUG]

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.



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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