Go to VMware host and navigate to action, then click on "enable ssh" 2. Open PowerShell and ssh into the VMware host box 3. type /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop 4. Make sure that the settings are remembered even when the Vmware Host reboots     type: chkconfig usbarbitrator off 4. This will stop a service that automatically makes a plugged USB device to be available to VM's inside the Vmware Host and make the pluggable USB available to Vmware Host. - This is important if you want to mount extra storage to the Vmware ESXI Host.