copy files from usb drive to vsphere 5

为了升级vsphere的网卡驱动，需要导入驱动文件到esxi主机。

最直接方法：从vsphere client中导入文件

直接升级驱动会报错如下：

需要copy文件到/var/log/vmware目录再执行

查看版本：

需要启动一次服务器。

升级成功

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参见：

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_5414-VMware-ESX-ESXi-Backup-Guide.html

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1036609

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/vsphere-50-storage-features-part-7-gpt.html

http://www.vladan.fr/plug-in-the-external-usb-drive-to-esx-server-directly-to-backup-or-copy/

vmware历史是使用MBR分区和VMFS3文件系统，但是有2TB的大小局限性，到了VMFS-5 single extent (~60TB) filesystems,使用GPT分区表

如果是从VMFS3升级到VMFS5,仍将使用MBR分区，一旦超过2TB将自动无缝切换为GPT分区表

ssh登录vsphere

使用partedUtil 查看分区表

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http://forum.vncloud.info/threads/how-to-access-usb-storage-in-esxi-shell.150/

How to Access USB Storage in ESXi Shell

Discussion in 'Technical Blog Feed' started by William, May 17, 2012.

While performing some experiments in my home lab, I needed to access a USB storage key directly on my ESXi host (not pass-through to VMs) and found it required a small trick after some tinkering. I thought I share the process in case this comes in handy for others.
Disclaimer: This is mainly for educational and testing purposes as this is not officially supported by VMware. Please use at your own risk.
Before I begin, you should know that only USB storage devices formatted with FAT16 can be accessed in the ESXi shell and is applicable to both ESXi 4.1 and 5.0.
Step 1 - Login to ESXi Shell via SSH and disable the USB Arbitrator service (this is automatically enabled by default to allow pass-through of USB devices to your VMs) using the following command: /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop

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Step 2 - Plug-in your USB device to your ESXi host and you can verify by using the two ESXCLI commands: verifying the storage device using the command: esxcli storage core device list | grep -i usb or viewing the mounted filesystems using the command: esxcli storage filesystem list

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Step 3 - Lastly, after you verify the USB device can be seen by the ESXi host, you can of course browse and access your USB device by looking under /vmfs/volumes/

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Te re-enable pass-through of USB devices to your VMs, you just need to start the usbarbitrator service.