ESXi 5.0: How can I mount USB ports of a physical machine to a VM guest OS (WinServer 2008R2 Standard)
To finish a server migration of DATEV (the leading tax consulting software in germany) from a physical server to a VMware ESXi 5.0.0 U1 Hypervisor on a HP Proliant (ESXi 5.1 is still not supported), I need urgend a solution for a USB-Stick based License-Dongle.
(VMware ESXi 5.0 is the recommended solution of DATEV, but they give no support to "details of VMware" ...!)
For activating DATEV services, it is absolute necessarily to use this USB-SmartCard License-Dongle on the VM Guest OS.
I added the "USB-Controller" to the "hardware" of my VM (Windows Server 2008R2 Standard) and rebooted the VM.
The new USB-Controller get recogniced - I get the USB symbol in the taskbar right side.
But when I add the License-Dongle to the physical server, I get any reaction.
I tried to use a 512MB USB-Memory-Stick from Kingston and a newer 2GB Stick from SanDisk even with no reaction!
The installation of dedicated drivers (guest OS) to the DATEV-License-Dongle fails, cause Installation-manager detects no corresponding device.
(The USB-devices are technically OK and tested on a Win7 64 PC and Windows Server 2003.)
Mounting the USB-Controller of the local PC to the VM is possible, but same effect, no device detection.
Am I doing something wrong?!
Has anyone a solution?