sd card access from ESXi/ vsphere client

[Josephvirtual]

Can someone suggest how the sd card storage looks like from ESXi / vsphere client console. In this case, I am not using sd card to install ESXi, just want to use it as storage. Does Sd card looks like local storage/ datastore?

The whole idea is to store Windows 2008 media files, and ESXi media in sd card and use them as backup disks if local drives completely fails in remote office location.

-  Jo

Virtualcloudz

[admin]

It will be the same way how other storage appears..

~dGeorgey

[SatyS]

Definitely you can use an sd card for storage.

But make sure to stop usbarbitrator

~#/etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop

~# chkconfig usbarbitrator off

esxcli storage core adapter list or esxcfg-scsidevs –l will list all devices attached

Using fdisk / parted utility change the partition ID to 0x6

Configure the SD card as a datastore using

~# esxcli storage filesystem automount

Using df -h , it can be seen that the partition is attached to ESXi.

-SatyS