MOUNT USB STORAGE FOR VM BACKUP

Hi, I just tried to mount USB Storage to my host with linux version.
I detect it with fdisk -l and esxcli storage core device list | grep -i usb, after stopping usbarbitrator
Result:
/dev/disks #dmesg
ScsiDevice: 3385: Successfully registered device "mpx.vmhba50:C0:T0:L0" from plugin "NMP" of type 0
/dev/disks # esxcli storage core device list | grep -i usb
Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba50:C0:T0:L0)
How can I get disk usable for perform a VM backup?

hooya wrote:
It's in debugging mode now, which is why I can adb push to the phone. The phone should (and has in the past) mounted USB storage even in debugging mode.
That wouldn't change the fact that no other USB mass storage will mount either. I'm just using my phone as an example. USB Hard drives and my SD card reader don't show up either, but I can't do a "push" command to those like I can my phone...
If you are wondering where your post went, I think you meant to hit the 'reply' link rather than the 'report' link. It happens more often than you would think
Edit: Oh, I see you already figured that out.
Last edited by ewaller (2012-07-06 02:30:26)

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