Compatibility of Windows VM and usb license dongles

[pierre.e]

Hello ! We have an old windows physical server (Windows 7) that we want to virtualize, but this server has 2 usb dongles for KepWare licenses (the first one is Aladdin Knownledge Systems HASP copy protection dongle; and the second one is Dallas Semiconductor DS1490F 2-in-1 Fob 1-Wire).

Once virtualized, the VM doesn't seems to recognize the USB dongles. They are attached using USB passthrough. Is there any way it is supported, and if so are there any further manipulations needed to be done ?

 

[Stefan_R]

This should work, but these kinds of dongles are often a bit weird about it... I would suggest trying PCI passthrough of a USB controller, this should appear same as native to the VM.

 

[floh8]

have a look: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/vm-windows-10-dongle-usb-wird-nicht-erkannt.95583/#post-414827
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[Deleted member 116138]

I often use VirtualHere on Raspberry Pis as Usb-to-LAN hubs for dongles, serial converters, etc. Most of these Pis boot via PXE to avoid SD-card corruption. It may be a little bit more effort compared to passthroughing but has it‘s advanteges (you can connect the Usb devices from every system in your network using the client software, which also can be installed as a service). Afaik the guys from VH have a so called „cloud“ solution which is a minimal OS of approx. 80MB available for a bunch of ARM devices like the Pi.