Connecting a USB drive to ESXi?

[Faize]

What do I need to do in order to get ESXi to recognize a USB flash drive? I haven't been able to get ESXi to recognize my USB drive as either a device attached to the host or as a device that I can pass through to a VM - it's as if it simply doesn't exist.

[tomtom901]

Add a USB controller and a USB device to a VM. That should suffice.

[OscarDavey · Accepted solution]

You have to connect first the USB controller to the VM , here is a guide that will help you out :

VMware vSphere 5.1

Best regards

Yours, Oscar