Two mode to access USB flash driver in ESXi environment:
- Via esxi usb arbitrator daemon
- Direct
Arbitrator mode is the default mode, in this mode, USB package will the filter by arbitrator daemon, based on USB location information. (position in USB hub), and forward to the VM client.
To use the USB flash drive by ESXi host, we need to stop the arbitrator daemon:
/etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop (temp)
chkconfig usbarbitrator off (permanent)