Set Up the Virtual Appliance to Accept USB Flash Drives on a Shutdown VM - Proxmox VE Procedure

Before you begin

Prepare the Virtual Appliance to accept USB flash drives. The VM must be shut down before adding the USB flash drive.
  1. Format the flash drive to FAT32.
  2. Insert the flash drive into a USB port on the host.
    Note

    Note

    A USB device is required to be plugged in before it can be added to a virtual machine.

About this task

The Virtual Appliance can accept USB flash drives. The flash drive can be used for backing up, restoring, upgrading, and collecting log information.

To add a USB flash drive to a shutdown VM:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Proxmox GUI.
  2. In the left pane, select the VM from the KVM server host name.
  3. Select Hardware.
  4. Select Add > USB Device.
    1. To add a flash drive using USB vendor or device ID, select Use USB Vendor/Device ID, and choose a device.
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      Use USB vendor or device ID option.
    2. To add a flash drive using a USB port, select Use USB Port, and choose a port.
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  5. Select Add.
  6. Start the virtual machine.
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