Hi All,
I have connected the USB drive to the ESXi-5.1 host and Iwant to access it in ESXi CLI. But it is not getting auto mounted.
I have followed the below 3 steps before I connected the USB.
/etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop
/etc/init.d/hostd restart
/etc/init.d/vpxa restart
After connecting the USB to host, I ran “lsusb” command and it shows my USB drive.
/vmfs/volumes # lsusb
Bus 01 Device 05: ID 0781:5530 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 01 Device 01: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 02 Device 03: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
I can find the usb in the core device list as well.
vmfs/volumes # esxcli storage core device list | grep -i usb
Is Boot USB Device: false
Is Boot USB Device: false
Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba34:C0:T0:L0)
Is Boot USB Device: false
/vmfs/volumes #
vmfs/volumes # esxcfg-mpath -l | grep -i usb
- usb.vmhba34-usb.0:0-mpx.vmhba34:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba34:C0:T0:L0)
Adapter Identifier: usb.vmhba34
Target Identifier: usb.0:0
Transport: usb
/vmfs/volumes #
esxcfg-scsidevs –l :
- mpx.vmhba34:C0:T0:L0
Device Type: Direct-Access
Size: 15267 MB
Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba34:C0:T0:L0)
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba34:C0:T0:L0
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba34:C0:T0:L0
Vendor: SanDisk Model: Cruzer Revis: 1.20
SCSI Level: 2 Is Pseudo: false Status: on
Is RDM Capable: false Is Removable: true
Is Local: true Is SSD: false
Other Names:
vml.0000000000766d68626133343a303a30
VAAI Status: unsupported
But “esxcli storage filesystem list” does not show the USB drive.
How to mount the USB drive directly to the host. I want to copy file from USB drive to datastore?