USB Device is not detecting in ESX4.1 Std

[e4prasad]

Hi ,

I recently installed ESX4.1 std in one of my  DELL 2930 Server after that there is a requirement for data movement  from my 8gb Transcent USB device to one to the vmfs datastore, but  unfortunately the OS is not able to detect the USB, I mean it detecting but  unable to provide a mounting device.

for ex /dev/sdx

I checked in log /var/log/messages i found the USB entry with some scsi 6: USB.xxxxxxxxxx. but though it is not showing in

fdisk -l, I tried all possibilites but it failed. the same dongle is working fine with ESX3.5 server with the same Hardware.

Can any budy help me on this what could be the reason for this

thanks

E Prasad

[idle-jam]

have a look at this: http://www.vladan.fr/plug-in-the-external-usb-drive-to-esx-server-directly-to-backup-or-copy/

[AndreTheGiant]

You want use the USB as a filesystem for your ESX?

USB has changed a lot from 3.x to 4.x and now (4.1) you can attach a USB devito to a VM (but with performance limitatio).

But from service console a lot of USB device now are not usable at all, and this is worst with ESXi.

IMHO go to a NAS solution that support NFS or iSCSI.

Or use a backup server solution.

Andre

[ItsMeHere · Accepted solution]

You probably need to follow the suggestions from http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023976.

But beware: You will lose the possibility to route a USB device into a VM under 4.1.

[e4prasad]

Hi Jam,

thanks for the link.

I had goan through the linked procedure before posting my question. It too doesn't resoved my requirement.

Any how thanks a lot for responding.

[e4prasad]

Hi andre,

thanks for the suggestion, my requirement is a simple file movement from my USB storage (8GB Transcent Dongle) to one of the data store location.

that is the only thing I am looking for.

[e4prasad]

Hi Friend,

thanks a lot. It got worked.

Strange thing, I searchd in Vmware site also  but I didn't get this link.

Any how I got the solution for my exact requirement.

Thanks a Lot

E Prasad.