Following these instructions https://www.virten.net/2016/11/usb-devices-as-vmfs-datastore-in-vsphere-esxi-6-5/
I've been attempting to add a 4TB (set up a <2TB partition in ESXi Shell) external USB drive as a datastore to my ESXi 6.7 host and I'm unable to finalize the datastore on the drive.
Below is the command and error message received:
[root@ESX01:~] vmkfstools -C vmfs6 -S USB-Datastore /dev/disks/naa.5000000000000001:1
create fs deviceName:'/dev/disks/naa.5000000000000001:1', fsShortName:'vmfs6', fsName:'USB-Datastore'
deviceFullPath:/dev/disks/naa.5000000000000001:1 deviceFile:naa.5000000000000001:1
ATS on device /dev/disks/naa.5000000000000001:1: not supported
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Checking if remote hosts are using this device as a valid file system. This may take a few seconds...
Creating vmfs6 file system on "naa.5000000000000001:1" with blockSize 1048576, unmapGranularity 1048576, unmapPriority default and volume label "USB-Datastore".
Failed to create VMFS on device naa.5000000000000001:1
Usage: vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vmfs6|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/vml... or,
vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vmfs6|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/naa... or,
vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vmfs6|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhbaA:T:L:P
Error: Connection timed out