Okay, Having an USB-over-IP solution gives you nothing. All you have done is moved the single point of failure from the ESX Server to the USB-over-IP server.
Singer On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:31, apostolos pantazis < [email protected]> wrote: > I wished a second Dongle was a option unfortunately it is not. with > that said I am reading through the Link that Matt send below. > Unfortunately, if Migration to a different host is not a option that > solution would not really work for me as part of HA a VM could > potentially be in that state > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Nick Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 12/09/2011 07:19 AM, Matt Simmons wrote: > >> Is there a reason that you can't just use VMware's built-in USB > >> passthrough? > >> > >> > http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-4-esx-vcenter/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.vmadmin.doc_41/vsp_vm_guide/configuring_virtual_machines/c_configuring_usb_passthrough_devices_for_vmotion.html > > > > That > >> > > might work as long as the vm never tries to migrate to a > > different host. U > > > > You would be in no worse situation than you are now. If the one server > > with the dongle failed, your hosed. Could you buy more dongles to put > > in the other servers? > > > > - -- > > Nick Anderson <[email protected]> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJO4g1pAAoJEO89q5kwvK+dCMgH/2Sqq8TZsJfByknGyCV3xfXs > > 9MGdcqF545fl5/AMD1Ar1YlHd+kyVYWOmrwmeXfIXTiOycZGydJqg1brhBE9VdVf > > yeshIQkHWJ8TRdaTu+ucnEcW6Tsuor7KOiM6IxPG4hK9OYlqkR5zgGcztqVilxRq > > WHyDUZgvJq8aVVNYkz/QLRPGCIuRp6sIP0ccIl+3Mw+/8NU3G+ZG9khmz/zbJmde > > /7O+vEx2V7u0Fu7AbmzjCaEClaZBuDmKtJcBCWP0nozL1jOLSOY5ShPqMxr5YIiW > > CTZx58P08hKdQcf4Ufhgu6MBYqKbZzCG25qcrZ8VZRQgBnHxrefpBwCmHwUSG4o= > > =9vuR > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > > Tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > -- > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- Pythian proud winner of Oracle North America Titan Award for Exadata Solution...watch the video on pythian.com
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