esxi 6 & usb 3 hdd

[NucleusVM]

As you can see from the command output below, my esxi server detects two usb disks. The western digital is usb2 and the verbatim a usb3.

[root@esxi:~] lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 18a5:0237 Verbatim, Ltd Portable Harddrive (500 GB)
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1058:070a Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport Essential SE, My Passport for Mac (WDBAAB)

Yet when I try to attach these disks on a virtual machine, only one of them appears. (you can ignore the broadcom)

Any ideas why?

Thanks

[NucleusVM]

I'm I the only one experiencing this issue?

[freedor]

Have you tried to swap the usb drives? Just to double check that the ESXi detects both drives fine...

[NucleusVM]

You mean swap them on the usb ports? I tried that. But in any case, esxi detects them both.

[NucleusVM]

This KB article describes the issue perfectly.

VMware KB: Unable to add a USB device to a virtual machine

The solution is not working though.

[Kulich78]

Hi NucleusVM,

I have exactly the same USB HDD (18a5:0237 Verbatim, Ltd Portable Harddrive (500 GB)) connected to ESXi 5.5 (Update 2) and I suffer with exactly the same problem as you 😞

I've tried a lot of things that I found in the internet but nothing helps. Any idea anyone? Isn't this particular USB HDD compatible with ESXi? Any hints anyone?

BR, Kulich78

[Abdelrahman_Sal]

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[YourSite]

The same issue here... Cannot attach this disk to the host.

Bus 002 Device 007: ID 18a5:0237 Verbatim, Ltd Portable Harddrive (500 GB)

Did you guys find some solution?