On computer: MIS-001 DISKPART>list disk Disk # Status Size Free Dyn Gpt - Disk 0 Online 465 GB 0 B Disk 1 Online 29 GB 0 B DISKPART>select disk 1 Disk 1 is now the selected disk.ĭISKPART>list part Partition # Type Size Offset - Partition 1 Primary 29 GB 1024 KB DISKPART>clean DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk. As a FAT16 partition at 2GB or less (my example is 500MB) In Windows, open a commmand prompt as admin and type diskpart: C: Windows system32>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation. I was able to make this happen by formatting the USB drive appropriately. Admittedly, this is a lot of work to use a USB drive, but this worked in a pinch. It will also be mounted under /vmfs if you log into the ESXi host via ssh. Now, you should be able to access the files on the USB drive as a datastore.
#Esxi lsusb mount password
Point it to the IP address if your Debian VM, leaving username and password blank if you used the sample /etc/exports above.