typer77 Posted January 19, 2016 Share #1 Posted January 19, 2016 Hi all, Has anyone been able to connect a USB external hard disk to DSM running on a Hyper-V VM? I did some reading and the "named pipe" cannot be used as USB port passthrough. thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Posted January 19, 2016 Share #2 Posted January 19, 2016 Not happening, Hyper-V doesn't support it. If you want that, use VMWare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typer77 Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted January 20, 2016 In order to use VMware, I will have to get rid of Windows as the OS right? Thx Sent from my LG-H818 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbv3000 Posted January 20, 2016 Share #4 Posted January 20, 2016 you could run ESXi as the hypervisor and Windows as a VM on that, alongside XPE/DSM. (its even possible to run H-V within ESXi/Windows VM if you were 'crazy' enough ) If you want to keep H-V then this might work to connect the USB HDD on the network and mount the drive with the utility http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002LB8XFK/r ... 9FMGYGYHQE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typer77 Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted January 20, 2016 you could run ESXi as the hypervisor and Windows as a VM on that, alongside XPE/DSM. (its even possible to run H-V within ESXi/Windows VM if you were 'crazy' enough ) If you want to keep H-V then this might work to connect the USB HDD on the network and mount the drive with the utility http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002LB8XFK/r ... 9FMGYGYHQE Thank you SBV300, I will give the later a try cuz I am afraid my "important data" like photos will get all deleted along the way migrating to ESXi. Just thinking of that I guess I can attach the USB HD to a computer and mount that as a remote drive in FILE STATION.. thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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