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Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

sumanmshan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:12:39 GMT

Hi all,

I am trying to mount a remote disk(.vmdk) to my local machine which is also linux.

Iam using the follwoing command to mount the disk:

vmware-mount -v ha-datacenter/vm/TestVM -h 10.0.0.1 -u root -F password "DataStoreName TestVM/TestVM.vmdk" /mountPoint

But its not mounting the disk and throwing the following error:

Failed to open disk: Unknown error (1)
Failed to mount disk "DataStoreName TestVM/TestVM.vmdk" : Cannot open the virtual disk

can anyone help me out at this stage, where do I go wrong???

Thank you.

Suman

Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

singhpdeep — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:25:59 GMT

I'm also facing same problem and I want to use this command pl. help me out how I can use this command I'm not understanding this so if possblie help me out in details how to use this command.

PS

Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

continuum — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:59:30 GMT

Thanks a lot - got it working now.
Hey - this new option is pretty useful for a cold clone cd - now you can clone large data disks by copying just the data you want with robocopy

Ulli

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Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

sudarsan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:07:56 GMT

[ seems special, so let us try this again.

vmware-mount Q: /i:"ha-datacenter/vm/xp-sp2" "[local12gigs] xp-sp2/xp-sp2.vmdk" /h:10.0.0.35 /u:root /s:password /v:1

Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

sudarsan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:05:16 GMT

What is esx305.localdomain in your command line?

I am guessing this would work:

vmware-mount Q: /i:"ha-datacenter/vm/xp-sp2" "local12gigs xp-sp2/xp-sp2.vmdk" /h:10.0.0.35 /u:root /s:password /v:1

-Sudarsan

Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

continuum — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:59:46 GMT

I don't get it ?

Thanks for the screenshot - but how do I specify for an ESX host ?

I tried
vmware-mount Q: /i:"ha-datacenter/esx305.localdomain/vm/xp-sp2" "local12gigs xp-sp2/xp-sp2.vmdk" /h:10.0.0.35 /u:root /s:password /v:1

Storage name is 'local12gigs' and the editor for disks displays 'local12gigs xp-sp2/xp-sp2.vmdk'

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Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

sudarsan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:34:11 GMT

/i is the inventory path of the vm.

Also the disk path should include the datastore name like "storage2 yourvm/harddisk1.vmdk"

The attached picture should clarify the above - it shows an example with VC - Note the vm after the datacenter name.

For ESX, it is similar, but the datacenter name is always ha-datacenter. So the path would look like ha-datacenter/vm/<vm path>

Thanks
Sudarsan

syntax for vmware-mount.exe

continuum — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:08:01 GMT

I'd like to mount a vmdk on an ESX 3.5 and try something like
vmware-mount.exe Q: /h:10.0.0.35 /u:root /s:password /i: ???? xp-sp2.vmdk
How do I specify /i ?

What does
Unable to get a Vim ticket for this virtual machine
mean ?

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