VMHost and USB hard drive?

Is it possible to setup a VMHost to access a USB hard drive? VMHost running ESXi 5.0.

Still not clear as to why you need to do. It may be possible, but I don't think that's how VDP was intended to be used.

Here are the steps you should try:

  • Mount the USB drive to the host and make sure that it is not 'automatically' for use by the VMs.
  • Locate the VMDK with backup files.
  • Determine the size of the VMDK.
  • Determine if there is enough space on the USB drive to the file system.
  • Create a VMFS5 file on the USB system.
  • If the USB and the VMDK are visible both from the vSphere client, copy the VMDK to the USB port.
  • If it is not visible from the customer vShpere, use the tools of command line (vmkfstools, CLI power) to copy or clone the VMDK on the USB.

This seems too real similar work, isn't it?

Given that the amount of disk space available for the device .5TB is 850 GB, it won't probably enough space on a USB drive, if you have been backing up virtual machines for any amount of time.  An SSD or a SATA hard drive would be more likely to have sufficient capacity.

If you succeed to move the files to a USB/SSD/HD, what would be your next step?

If you move the files, wouldn't be simpler to use Storage vMotion?

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