VMWare ESXi – Attach Host USB disk to VM

I needed to copy some data from a virtual machine onto a USB Disk that was plugged into the ESXi machine hosting the virtual machine.

Step 1 – Plug the USB Disk into the ESXi host

Step 2 – Add a USB Controller to the VM

Step 3 – Add a USB Device to the VM

The USB disk should now be available within the VM operating system.