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7 Replies Last post: Dec 16, 2008 3:12 AM by sumanmshan

syntax for vmware-mount.exe posted: Apr 24, 2008 4:08 PM

continuum

12,680 posts since
Dec 18, 2003

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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Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

1. Apr 24, 2008 4:34 PM

in response to: continuum

sudarsan

263 posts since
Sep 20, 2006

/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

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Re: syntax for vmware-mount.exe

2. Apr 24, 2008 4:59 PM

in response to: sudarsan

continuum

12,680 posts since
Dec 18, 2003

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

3. Apr 24, 2008 5:05 PM

in response to: continuum

sudarsan

263 posts since
Sep 20, 2006

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

4. Apr 24, 2008 5:07 PM

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sudarsan

263 posts since
Sep 20, 2006

[ 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

5. Apr 25, 2008 6:59 AM

in response to: sudarsan

continuum

12,680 posts since
Dec 18, 2003

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

6. Dec 10, 2008 3:23 AM

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singhpdeep

2 posts since
Oct 3, 2008

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