How to mount a usb to a Virtual machine?

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How to mount a usb to a Virtual machine?

Tevon2.0 1,106

Good afternoon,

Currently using a new VM named "SL"with Windows Server 2008. I have a USB back up that has been plugged into my physical server MG. I accessed that server remotely and see the backup usb. How do I take that back up usb data and bring it all into my new "SL" VM server? Please be detailed if possible as I can't risk losing this data.

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Anonymous

Simplest solution may be to copy the USB data via a network connection

\\vmname\C$

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Anonymous

2023-09-01T11:18:26.1266667+00:00

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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Tevon2.0 1,106 Reputation points

2023-09-01T12:44:39.1866667+00:00

For the command prompt line "\vname\C$" how does that actually copy the data from the usb thats in the physical server over into the hyper-v VM? Can you please explain as I'm new to this .

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Anonymous

Hi，

Is that a Hyper-V VM? If yes, run Hyper-V Manager as administrator, open the VM Settings and add a new Hard Drive to the SCSI Controller, then select Physical hard drive under Media. If the USB drive is not listed in the drop-down menu, set the drive to Offline in Disk Management.

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Ian Xue

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Tevon2.0 1,106 Reputation points

2023-09-01T15:52:06.83+00:00
Okay so I would need to

Remotely open my MG server that has the usb plugged into it.

Hyper-V Manager as administrator

open the VM Settings and add a new Hard Drive to the SCSI Controller

select Physical hard drive under Media. If the USB drive is not listed in the drop-down menu, set the drive to Offline in Disk Management.

I guess im still not clear how do I get that usb backup data into the "SL" server tho?
Anonymous

2023-09-06T04:47:27.9066667+00:00

Once the usb drive is attached to the VM, it can be recognized as a local device and the backup data on that can be accessed in file explorer.

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Anonymous

"\vname\C$" how does that actually copy the data from the usb thats in the physical server over into the hyper-v VM? Can you please explain as I'm new to this .

This is just the means, the network connection. You could connect (as below) from host to guest via network then copy over whatever is needed.

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Anonymous

2023-09-04T12:26:34.39+00:00

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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