Scratch that, then. Thanks for the knowledge.
Kurt On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jeff Bunting <[email protected]> wrote: > Kurt, > Unfortunately, ESX doesn't support USB. I've read that you can do USB > over IP with AnywhereUSB, but haven't tried it myself. I don't think that > will help you in this situation since the app is really looking for a > parallel port. > > Jeff > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> All, >> >> I'm running a Win2k Pro VM on ESX 3.0.2, and need to move the VM to a >> different box, running ESX 3.5. The old hardware has a parallel port, >> and the new box doesn't. >> >> I need the parallel port because the app running on the VM uses a >> parallel port dongle for licensing. >> >> I've scored a USB-parallel cable, which presents the female parallel >> port, so that I can attach the dongle, but I'm not seeing any way to >> make the new box see the parallel port, so that I can assign it to the >> VM. >> >> Anyone seen/done something like this, and can give me some pointers? >> >> Kurt >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
