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PatrickDLong
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Is usbarbitrator running?  /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator status

This service should be disabled if you are using USB storage as a datastore.

#stop the service if running

/etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop

Disable the service from running on startup:

chkconfig usbarbitrator off

then reboot and see if the storage is detected.  If not, you you can try to rescan for the storage by issuing:  esxcfg-rescan -d vmhba32    a few times until it completes without error, then issue  esxcfg-rescan -a vmhba32   .

What version and build of ESXi are you running, and is this an external USB-connected disk device, or a USB stick?  Lastly, as I'm sure you already know, VMFS on USB is NOT officially supported by VMware. although it is not an uncommon practice.  Never, ever do this in production or with data you cannot afford to lose :winking_face:

 

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