Pass through a host DVD Drive

[FoxyNC]

On 6/21/2020 at 4:26 AM, Germanus4711 said:

I had some success with the following inserted into the <disk> section:

<disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
  <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
  <source dev='/dev/sr0'/>
  <target dev='hdg' bus='sata'/>
  <readonly/>
</disk>

Given that lsscsi revealed:
[4:0:0:0]    cd/dvd  TSSTcorp DVDWBD SH-B123L  SB04  /dev/sr0 

I confirm it works for me as well. Thanks

And I didn't need the lsscsi command as I could find the correct information from the Tools menu and System Devices

[Pixelpaule]

Hello, unfortunately I also have the problem that my drive is detected in Windows Device Manager as an unknown SCSI device and I can't install the appropriate driver. What am I doing wrong?

 

<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='scsi' managed='no'>
  <source>
   <adapter name='scsi_host6'/>
   <address bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
  </source>
  <readonly/>
  <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</hostdev>

 

Edited January 2, 2022 by Pixelpaule

[Pixelpaule]

After I have looked at everything again in peace, it has finally worked. My two Blu ray drives, which are connected to the mainboard via SATA, are now also recognized in freshly set up VMs. I made the mistake all the time and forgot the following line:

<controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'/>

 

[Moriarty]

On 6/20/2020 at 10:56 PM, Germanus4711 said:

I had some success with the following inserted into the <disk> section:

<disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
  <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
  <source dev='/dev/sr0'/>
  <target dev='hdg' bus='sata'/>
  <readonly/>
</disk>

Given that lsscsi revealed:
[4:0:0:0]    cd/dvd  TSSTcorp DVDWBD SH-B123L  SB04  /dev/sr0 

 

I can confirm this is the solution worked for me

 

Thanks alot for saving hours of troubleshooting. 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Moriarty