RHEV 3 and SPICE USB Redirection

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I am trying to enable USB redirection from a Windows 7 client to a Windows 7 guest running on RHEV 3 using SPICE.  The directions in section "Using USB Devices on a Windows Client" of the User Portal Guide reference a "RHEV-USB-Client.msi", which I cannot locate.  Is this the same installer that is named "RHEV-USB.msi" in the Tools ISO?

JW
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Sadique Puthen's picture Red Hat Guru 4674 points
21 December 2011 7:28 AM

You can download it from any of the below links.

 

https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/channel/downloads/Download.do?cid=12083

 

https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/channel/downloads/Download.do?cid=12082

 

Click on the USB Client link.

di Active Contributor 280 points
14 February 2012 7:29 AM

Dear All, 

 

Thank you for sharing the link to download the USB package for Windows Client.

Now I have installed the USB client on my Windows 7 desktop and I have added the usb disk to my windows 7 Client.

When I try to access the USB storage through Admin portal or User portal by clicking on Enable USB-share. 

 

Still I am not able to see USB storage disk on my Windows XP or Windows 7 virtual machine.

 

Kindly suggest if any additional steps are required for the same.

 

Ashish

Andres Mujica's picture Pro 439 points
1 March 2012 5:52 PM

Hi, It seems that I'm having a similar issue, I'm getting this log from the usbredirector

 

main: 192.168.0.60 32023 -c \\.\pipe\SpiceForeignMenu-4056 -l USB Devices,No USB devices,Client's SPICE USB Redirector is not installed -f -1,60186,10000,256,1|-1,1118,245,-1,1|-1,1133,2245,-1,1|-1,1133,2242,5,1|8,-1,-1,-1,1|7,-1,-1,-1,1|-1,-1,-1,-1,1 -a
ForeignMenu::open_connection: Openning a foreign menu connection: \\.\pipe\SpiceForeignMenu-4056
UsbServer::set_filter: -1,-1,-1,-1,1
UsbServer::start: Creating a callback connection 192.168.0.60:32023
UsbServer::start: Callback connection is 1
UsbServer::find_connected_client: No connected USB clients were found.
usb_device_descriptor: 0x00000002, USB Device: - , USB port: 1-2, Class: 0x00 (Device) VendoreID: 0x0529 Product ID: 0x0001 Revision: 0x0325, Status: 0x0000 (USB Device is connected to your computer.), Properties: 0x0080 (), Timeout: 0
usb_device_descriptor: 0x00000005, USB Device: USB Device - Dispositivo compuesto USB, Serial number: ABD6FCE0, Class: 0x00 (Device) VendoreID: 0x046d Product ID: 0x0819 Revision: 0x0010, Status: 0x0000 (USB Device is connected to your computer.), Properties: 0x0010 (SERIAL ), Timeout: 0
UsbServer::set_filter: -1,60186,10000,256,1|-1,1118,245,-1,1|-1,1133,2245,-1,1|-1,1133,2242,5,1|8,-1,-1,-1,1|7,-1,-1,-1,1|-1,-1,-1,-1,1
usb_device_descriptor: 0x00000002, USB Device: - , USB port: 1-2, Class: 0x00 (Device) VendoreID: 0x0529 Product ID: 0x0001 Revision: 0x0325, Status: 0x0000 (USB Device is connected to your computer.), Properties: 0x0080 (), Timeout: 0
ForeignMenu::init: Initializing foreign menu: USB Devices
usb_device_descriptor: 0x00000005, USB Device: USB Device - Dispositivo compuesto USB, Serial number: ABD6FCE0, Class: 0x00 (Device) VendoreID: 0x046d Product ID: 0x0819 Revision: 0x0010, Status: 0x0000 (USB Device is connected to your computer.), Properties: 0x0010 (SERIAL ), Timeout: 0
ForeignMenu::write_to_client: Sending 20/20 bytes to client.
ForeignMenu::write_to_client: Sending 12/12 bytes to client.
Application::execute: USB Controller is now running...
ForeignMenu::remove_items: Removing all existing foreign menu items.
ForeignMenu::write_to_client: Sending 8/8 bytes to client.
UsbServer::is_share_allowed: Device 0x00000002 Action: Block
ForeignMenu::add_item: Adding foreign menu item: USB Device
ForeignMenu::write_to_client: Sending 20/20 bytes to client.
ForeignMenu::write_to_client: Sending 11/11 bytes to client.
UsbServer::is_share_allowed: Device 0x00000005 Action: Block
ForeignMenu::add_item: Adding foreign menu item: USB Device - Dispositivo compuesto USB
ForeignMenu::read_completion_routine: Error on read completion (err=233 , GetLastError=0)
ForeignMenu::write_to_client: Error sending data to client (error = 233)
ForeignMenu::write_to_client: err= 233, wrote 0/39)
ForeignMenu::write_to_client: Error sending data to client (error = 233)
UsbServer::stop: Shutting down USB server.
usb_device_descriptor: 0x00000002, USB Device: - , USB port: 1-2, Class: 0x00 (Device) VendoreID: 0x0529 Product ID: 0x0001 Revision: 0x0325, Status: 0x0000 (USB Device is connected to your computer.), Properties: 0x0080 (), Timeout: 0
usb_device_descriptor: 0x00000005, USB Device: USB Device - Dispositivo compuesto USB, Serial number: ABD6FCE0, Class: 0x00 (Device) VendoreID: 0x046d Product ID: 0x0819 Revision: 0x0010, Status: 0x0000 (USB Device is connected to your computer.), Properties: 0x0010 (SERIAL ), Timeout: 0
Application::execute: USB Controller terminated (return code = 0)

As Active Contributor 217 points
25 March 2012 11:52 AM

Dear Team, 
Do we have any update on the USB redirection issue?

As I have installed the drivers and still I dont see the usb disk attached to my client getting mapped to the VDI desktop machine.

 

Kindly suggest.

 

Thanks,

Ashish

AA Expert 1157 points
16 April 2012 10:55 PM

 

It works here but I had to right-click on the SPICE frame and select the USB Device named "USB Mass Storage Device".

 

If there is a way to get the USB storage device to be selected by the SPICE client automatically when it is hotplugged, that would be helpful.

AA Expert 1157 points
23 April 2012 10:18 PM

There is an option in the Spice Console properties in the User Portal named "Enable USB Auto-Share".  Enabling this option causes the USB storage device to be automatically selected by the Spice client when it is hotplugged.

 

It would be helpful if the "Enable USB Auto-Share" option could be enabled by default.

DY Guru 5340 points
24 April 2012 6:48 AM

Take a look at rhevm-config option called "SpiceUsbAutoShare" - that defines the deafult behaviour of that checkbox

AA Expert 1157 points
24 April 2012 7:19 PM

The SpiceUsbAutoShare option doesn't seem to work here.  It was set to true and the checkbox was still unchecked.  I set it to false and restarted jbossas but that didn't seem to affect the checkbox.

Sadique Puthen's picture Red Hat Guru 4674 points
1 May 2012 7:27 AM

FYI: There is a feature work  in progress where as every user would have a profile in db and will be able to define the default behaviour for USB auto share in that profile. Once it's enabled for a specific user, he will get the check box enabled in UserPortal.