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<blockquote data-quote="Arn01805" data-source="post: 661944" data-attributes="member: 23550"><p>I'm running TVServer(Windows 7) for more as one year already on VMWare's ESXi 4. This works great and stable!</p><p></p><p>Connected to the server are 3 FireDTV tuners (2xDVB-C and 1xDVB-S2). For the firewire(FireDTV works with Firewire connections) I have 'passthrough-ed' the onboard Firewire ports with VMDirectPath(CPU and Motherboard(BIOS) must have Intel VT-d enabled for this! Not all CPU's and Motherboards are capable of this!!). </p><p></p><p>Be aware: maximum of 2 Passthrough devices for 1 virtual machine!! (3 FireDTV tuners = 1 Firewire device(in my case; 2 firewire ports))</p><p></p><p>Recently I upgraded to ESXi 4.1 and tried out the new USB passthrough function to connect a DVB-T stick to my TVServer(Windows 7). For the USB Passthrough, you don't need VMDirectPath as stated in this thread before. USB Passthrough doesn't have the maximum of 2 devices and has nothing to do with VMDirectPath (You don't VMDirectPath your controller to the Virtual Machine, you just connect the USB Device to the virtual USB Controller in your VM). For USB Passthrough; you've to use the recent ESXi 4.1; 4.0 will not do!</p><p></p><p>How to do this:</p><p>1. You've to add a virtual USB Controller to the VM, save the configuration. (First save, then next step!)</p><p>2. Plug in the USB Device</p><p>3. Open the configuration of the virtual machine and add an USB device, the wizzard will show you the available (plugged in) devices on the ESXi server.</p><p>4. Done... the device is connected to the virtual machine.</p><p></p><p>You can do hot-add (when VM is powered on) or add when the VM is powered off at your own choice.</p><p></p><p>I've tested this with a DVB-T dongle obtained from dealextreme (Very cheap; about $10 if I remember right) to TVServer and it works great.</p><p></p><p>If you don't see you plugged in device, maybe you've to enable the USB arbitrator manually on the ESXi machine. To do this, Log in the shell of ESXi (Search google how to do this; login locally or with SSH)</p><p></p><p>Then enter:</p><p></p><p>/sbin/chkconfig usbarbitrator on</p><p></p><p>VMWare's ESXi is a great free platform that has a low memory and CPU footprint. But plan your hardware carefully, especially if you want to do VMDirectPath!</p><p></p><p>I've 5 other virtual machines running next to the TVServer machine. Another big profit for ESXi --> You don't need a monitor and keyboard for this machine (only during installing the hypervisor). Put the machine in a corner (on the attic, basement of whatever); plugin the network and power (antenna cable for tvserver) and you're good to go. All management tasks (including installing virtual machines) will be done from the windows vSphere Client.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arn01805, post: 661944, member: 23550"] I'm running TVServer(Windows 7) for more as one year already on VMWare's ESXi 4. This works great and stable! Connected to the server are 3 FireDTV tuners (2xDVB-C and 1xDVB-S2). For the firewire(FireDTV works with Firewire connections) I have 'passthrough-ed' the onboard Firewire ports with VMDirectPath(CPU and Motherboard(BIOS) must have Intel VT-d enabled for this! Not all CPU's and Motherboards are capable of this!!). Be aware: maximum of 2 Passthrough devices for 1 virtual machine!! (3 FireDTV tuners = 1 Firewire device(in my case; 2 firewire ports)) Recently I upgraded to ESXi 4.1 and tried out the new USB passthrough function to connect a DVB-T stick to my TVServer(Windows 7). For the USB Passthrough, you don't need VMDirectPath as stated in this thread before. USB Passthrough doesn't have the maximum of 2 devices and has nothing to do with VMDirectPath (You don't VMDirectPath your controller to the Virtual Machine, you just connect the USB Device to the virtual USB Controller in your VM). For USB Passthrough; you've to use the recent ESXi 4.1; 4.0 will not do! How to do this: 1. You've to add a virtual USB Controller to the VM, save the configuration. (First save, then next step!) 2. Plug in the USB Device 3. Open the configuration of the virtual machine and add an USB device, the wizzard will show you the available (plugged in) devices on the ESXi server. 4. Done... the device is connected to the virtual machine. You can do hot-add (when VM is powered on) or add when the VM is powered off at your own choice. I've tested this with a DVB-T dongle obtained from dealextreme (Very cheap; about $10 if I remember right) to TVServer and it works great. If you don't see you plugged in device, maybe you've to enable the USB arbitrator manually on the ESXi machine. To do this, Log in the shell of ESXi (Search google how to do this; login locally or with SSH) Then enter: /sbin/chkconfig usbarbitrator on VMWare's ESXi is a great free platform that has a low memory and CPU footprint. But plan your hardware carefully, especially if you want to do VMDirectPath! I've 5 other virtual machines running next to the TVServer machine. Another big profit for ESXi --> You don't need a monitor and keyboard for this machine (only during installing the hypervisor). Put the machine in a corner (on the attic, basement of whatever); plugin the network and power (antenna cable for tvserver) and you're good to go. All management tasks (including installing virtual machines) will be done from the windows vSphere Client. [/QUOTE]
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