Proxmox 2.3 : issue with usb forwarding

[it-christian]

Hello everyone.

Please help us in case you are advanced or expert in usb forwarding in proxmox / qemu-kvm.

We have had worked with usb-hub on previous version of proxmox 2.2.

All guest machines were possible to attach any usb device connected to hub.
We have used command "usb_add host:1.6" (bus.addr) in console of qemu without any troubles.
Everything was good even after restart of VM host.

Our colleagues have successfully used variant with specific parameters in the configuration file of vm-host like that:
args: -device usb-host,hostbus=1,hostport=5.3

The trouble appeared after the update to proxmox 2.3 and qemu-kvm to 1.4.0

As I know some new features with USB support has been realized in kvm 1.4
But for now we could not use both methods mentioned before.

It looks USB-hub is no longer avaliable in VM host.

The bash console in proxmox 2.2 VM host show in the past:

root@vmhost:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0409:55aa NEC Corp. Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0627:0001 Adomax Technology Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

and for now (proxmox 2.3) it is not the same

root@vmhost:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0627:0001 Adomax Technology Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

To the attempt of attaching new device with correct adress qemu console responses
"could not add USB device 'host:1.6'"

and no one method in the configuration file is not positive (we have tried several).
All string started with args are confusing the VM load (Error: unexpected status). Any other variants with combining keys like '-usb', '-usbdevice', '-device' are not opening neither usb devices nor hub.

Our internal VM farm is paralyzed.

Could you please help ? It is not good variant to downgrade to old version of proxmox.

Thank you in advance.

 

[shakirov]

As i understand, usb_add is deprecatred since Proxmox 2.3-13

Try this:

qm> info usbhost
Bus 2, Addr 3, Port 2, Speed 480 Mb/s
Class 00: USB device 0930:6545, DataTraveler G3

qm> device_add usb-host,hostbus=2,hostport=3

qm> info usb
Device 0.3, Port 2.1, Speed 480 Mb/s, Product DataTraveler G3

it's worked for me.

 

[it-christian]

I am sorry but not worked for me.

Do anybody know how to add USB-device in proxmox 2.3 monitor (console of VM admin in the frontend)?
It was very useful in 2.2 because it was available form web-interface and the restart of VM has not been necessary.

 

[nottea]

As i understand, usb_add is deprecatred since Proxmox 2.3-13

Try this:

qm> info usbhost
Bus 2, Addr 3, Port 2, Speed 480 Mb/s
Class 00: USB device 0930:6545, DataTraveler G3

qm> device_add usb-host,hostbus=2,hostport=3

qm> info usb
Device 0.3, Port 2.1, Speed 480 Mb/s, Product DataTraveler G3

it's worked for me.

how to execute the command automatically at start up without going into "qm monitor"? thanks ...