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| 3 | manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage usbdevsource
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| 19 | ]>
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| 20 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-usbdevsource" lang="en">
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| 21 | <refentryinfo>
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| 22 | <pubdate>September 2019</pubdate>
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| 23 | <title>VBoxManage usbdevsource</title>
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| 24 | </refentryinfo>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <refmeta>
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| 27 | <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-usbdevsource</refentrytitle>
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| 28 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 29 | </refmeta>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <refnamediv>
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| 32 | <refname>vboxmanage-usbdevsource</refname>
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| 33 | <refpurpose>add and remove USB device sources</refpurpose>
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| 34 | <refclass>Oracle VM VirtualBox</refclass>
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| 35 | </refnamediv>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 38 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-usbdevsource-add">
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| 39 | <command>VBoxManage usbdevsource add</command>
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| 40 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>source-name</replaceable></arg>
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| 41 | <arg choice="req">--backend=<replaceable>backend</replaceable></arg>
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| 42 | <arg choice="req">--address=<replaceable>address</replaceable></arg>
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| 43 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-usbdevsource-remove">
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| 46 | <command>VBoxManage usbdevsource remove</command>
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| 47 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>source-name</replaceable></arg>
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| 48 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 49 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <refsect1>
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| 52 | <title>Description</title>
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | The <command>VBoxManage usbdevsource</command> command adds a USB
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| 55 | device source and makes it available to the guests on the host
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| 56 | system. You can also use this command to remove the USB device
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| 57 | source.
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-usbdevsource-add">
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| 60 | <title>Add a USB Device Source</title>
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| 61 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 62 | <para>
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| 63 | The <command>VBoxManage usbdevsource add</command> command adds
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| 64 | a USB device source, which is available to all guests on the
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| 65 | host system.
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | <variablelist>
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| 68 | <varlistentry>
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| 69 | <term><replaceable>source-name</replaceable></term>
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| 70 | <listitem><para>
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| 71 | Specifies a unique name for the USB device source.
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| 72 | </para></listitem>
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| 73 | </varlistentry>
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| 74 | <varlistentry>
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| 75 | <term>--address=<replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
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| 76 | <listitem><para>
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| 77 | Specifies the address of the USB backend.
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| 78 | </para></listitem>
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| 79 | </varlistentry>
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| 80 | <varlistentry>
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| 81 | <term>--backend=<replaceable>backend</replaceable></term>
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| 82 | <listitem><para>
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| 83 | Specifies the USB proxy service backend to use.
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| 84 | </para><remark>
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| 85 | What is the USB proxy service? How do you
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| 86 | determine the backend to use?
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| 87 | </remark></listitem>
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| 88 | </varlistentry>
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| 89 | </variablelist>
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| 90 | </refsect2>
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| 91 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-usbdevsource-remove">
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| 92 | <title>Remove a USB Device</title>
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| 93 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 94 | <para>
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| 95 | The <command>VBoxManage usbdevsource remove</command> command
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| 96 | removes a USB device.
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 | <variablelist>
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| 99 | <varlistentry>
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| 100 | <term><replaceable>source-name</replaceable></term>
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| 101 | <listitem><para>
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| 102 | Specifies the name of the USB device source to remove.
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| 103 | </para></listitem>
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| 104 | </varlistentry>
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| 105 | </variablelist>
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| 106 | </refsect2>
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| 107 | </refsect1>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <refsect1>
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| 110 | <title>Examples</title>
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| 111 | <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
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| 112 | <para>
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| 113 | The following command adds a USB device server called
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| 114 | <filename>hostusb01</filename>.
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| 115 | </para>
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| 116 | <screen>$ VBoxManage usbdevsource add hostusb01 --backend USBIP --address 10.0.1.16</screen>
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| 117 | </refsect1>
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| 118 | </refentry>
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