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

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Ron Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
      USB2 at best:

Bus 003 Device 016: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron
USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge

>
> 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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