I'am trying to connect my D-Link DWM-157 USB 3g internet stick (plugged into the ESXi host) to a VMWare machine, but the device is not listed when I try to add it to the vm. (The VM has an USB controller) But when I connect the usb stick to my computer I'am able to connect the device using the vSphere Client. But this way I always have to run a vSphere client to use the device. Why doesn't this work directly on the host?
Here are the details about my system:
- ESXi 6.0.0 version 3029758
- Host: Dell PowerEdge 2950
- Output of lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2001:a407 D-Link Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 USB-2.0 "TetraHub"
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I found some errors in /var/usb.log that are described in this thread: Error Usb arbitrator
I've changed the usbarb.rules file as described in the thread, but after a reboot the file is empty again. I've also tried to restart all services after changing the file, but the usb device still does not appear when adding hardware to a vm. How can I solve this problem?
