USB Drive connected on ESX 6.5 host not available

[nlongman1]

So last week I connected a USB drive to one of my ESXi hosts, added the Host device to VM and all worked fine. Once finished, I ejected it from VM and removed USB device from Settings.

This week I connect the same device and under settings it says "no available USB devices", connect the USB drive to my laptop and all is fine. Connect to another ESXi host and it detects it.

Any clues as to how I can get this USB drive seen by this particular host?

Thanks

Nigel

[daphnissov]

Have you tried restarting the USB arbitrator service on ESXi?

[SupreetK · Accepted solution]

Please follow the below steps and let me know if it helps -

1) Restart the USB Arbitrator service - </etc/init.d/usbarbitrator restart>

2) Restart the hostd agent - </etc/init.d/hostd restart>

3) Remove the existing USB controller on the VM and add a new one.

4) Try to map the USB on the new controller.

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Cheers,

Supreet