{"id":833,"date":"2020-02-12T11:37:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zewwy.ca\/?p=833"},"modified":"2020-02-12T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:11:05","slug":"using-a-usb-device-as-a-datastore-on-vmware-esxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/2020\/02\/12\/using-a-usb-device-as-a-datastore-on-vmware-esxi\/","title":{"rendered":"Using A USB Device as a Datastore on VMware ESXi"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>USB datastore<\/span><\/h1>\n

Attach USB device in Windows -> DiskPart -> Select Disk -> Clean<\/p>\n

To see USB device on host, stop arbitrator service<\/a>, save to config, reboot<\/p>\n

Now the hard parts, normally even following guide to see USB stick on host mount 4 gig volume, I had 16 gig cruiser to use.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Perform a lspci -v to get all the USB UHCI and EHCI controllers to show up.
\nThis shows up for example as:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

DEVICE=\/dev\/disks\/t10.JMicron_USB_to_ATA2FATAPI_Bridge<\/pre>\n
partedUtil mklabel ${DEVICE} msdos<\/pre>\n
END_SECTOR=$(eval expr $(partedUtil getptbl ${DEVICE} | tail -1 | awk '{print $1 \" \\\\* \" $2 \" \\\\* \" $3}') - 1)<\/pre>\n
\/sbin\/partedUtil \"setptbl\" \"${DEVICE}\" \"gpt\" \"1 2048 ${END_SECTOR} AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 0\"<\/pre>\n
\/sbin\/vmkfstools -C vmfs5 -b 1m -S $(hostname -s)-local-datastore ${DEVICE}:1<\/pre>\n
That easy \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
USB datastore Attach USB device in Windows -> DiskPart -> Select Disk -> Clean To see USB device on host, stop arbitrator service, save to config, reboot Now the hard parts, normally even following guide to see USB stick on host mount 4 gig volume, I had 16 gig cruiser to use. Source Perform a … <\/p>\n
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