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Esxi 5.1 is not mounting the USB (direct access)

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

  1. 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 :

  1. 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?

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