How to mount a usb to a Virtual machine?

Tevon2.0 1,101 Reputation points
2023-08-31T21:01:47.8866667+00:00

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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  1. Dave Patrick 426.4K Reputation points MVP
    2023-08-31T21:23:14.1933333+00:00

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

    \\vmname\C$

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  2. Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 33,376 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-09-01T05:12:34.16+00:00

    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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  3. Dave Patrick 426.4K Reputation points MVP
    2023-09-01T13:06:46.6933333+00:00

    "\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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