Remove the Flash Drive from a Proxmox VE Operational VM

Before you begin

When you are ready to remove the USB Flash drive, select Un-Mount from the Maintenance page.

About this task

Follow these steps to remove the flash drive.
Note

Note

The Virtual Appliance can be in service when the USB flash drive is assigned to it. Within a few seconds of the USB flash drive being assigned to it, the virtual appliance will detect the flash drive and mount it for use.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Proxmox GUI.
  2. In the left pane, select the VM from the KVM server host name.
  3. Select Monitor.
  4. In the CLI, type info usb to display the list of attached USB devices.
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    info usb screen
  5. Type device_del usb0, where usb0 is the ID of the device that needs to be removed.
    The USB flash drive can be removed from the host.