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Chapter 19 Setting and Using Policies and Customizing VMware Player
Beforeyouusethepolicyeditor,determineastrategyforsettingthepolicy.Ifyouwant
arestrictedenvironment,youcanplantogenerallyblockaccesstoallUSBdevicesand
thenspecifyexactlywhichclassesorspecificdevicestoallow.See“A c c e s s Levelsfor
USBDevices”onpage 412.
To set an access policy for USB devices
1Inthepolicyedi
tor,selec
tUSBDevices.
2UsetheGeneralaccesstoallUSBdevicesradiobuttonstospecifywhetherto
alloworblockgeneralaccesstoUSBdevices.
3TospecifyaUSBpolicybydeviceclass:
aIfthedevicedoesnotappearintheAccesstospecifictypesofUSBdevices
list,clickAd
d,sele
ctthedeviceintheUSBDeviceClassesdialogbox,andclick
OK.
YoucanCtrlclickandShiftclickitemstoselectmorethanoneclass.
b SelecttheAllowandBlockcheckboxesintheAccesstospecifictypesofUSB
deviceslisttospecifytheruleforea
chdeviceintheli
st.
4TospecifyaUSBpolicybyspecificdevice:
aIfthedevicedoesnotappearintheAccesstoindividualUSBdevicemodels
list,clickAdd,selectthedeviceintheUSBDeviceListdialogbox,andclick
OK.
IfthedevicedoesnotappearintheUS
BDeviceListdi
alogbox,dooneofthe
following:
ConnectthedevicetothehostandclickRefresh.
Determinethedevice’svendorID(VID)andproductID(PID)andclick
ManualAddtoentertheinformation.Thisinformationisavailablefrom
theWindowsDeviceManagerwhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetoa
Windowscomputer.
b SelecttheAllowandBlockcheckboxesintheAccesstoindividualUSB
devicemodelsli
sttospe
cifytheruleforeachdeviceinthelist.
c (Optional)Tochangetheinformationforadevice,clickRemoveandaddthe
deviceagainwiththenewinformation.
5ClickOKinthepolicyeditor.
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