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add USB harddisk to ESXI4.1 storage

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        we have 1 ESXI 4.1 host, i want to use USB harddisk for stoage, how can i do it?
        bacause, i want to clone one VM to USB harddisk, then sent this USB harddisk to other city and recovery the VM to other ESXI4.1 host in other city.
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Hi the USB harddisk is working, but when i try to exprot OFV file to USB disk, i get the error the operation is time out, i also try to clone other VM to other Esxi host, the error is "can not create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in the frozen virtual machine", any advice?
Snapshot, not working proerply, could be, storage is too slow, VMware Tools not installed correctly, or the VM is too busy or active for a Snapshot to be created and the VM frozen or stunned.

Exporting OVF issues, is also either network or storage too slow.