startvm: can you attach USB devices in vboxmanage?

[njoylif]

I'm trying to figure out how to launch my VM guest with certain USB devices already attached to the guest when it starts up.
I've looked through the manual and searched the forums...hopefully I didn't just miss it...
is this currently possible?

Thx

[Perryg]

You can try to use the USB filters but with a Windows host it can be very tricky.
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#idp50164016

[njoylif]

upon further digging, I see the option to:
VBoxManage controlvm "base" usbattach <uuid>|<address> |

This does not appear to "stay" as part of the core config. any options around that?

TIA

[njoylif]

You can try to use the USB filters but with a Windows host it can be very tricky.

Ah, I thought filters only limited what could be attached to the guest. I'll test. Thx

[njoylif]

You can try to use the USB filters but with a Windows host it can be very tricky.
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#idp50164016

Perryg, that appears to be the ticket. appreciate the clarification.