3 Replies Latest reply on Jul 30, 2007 6:46 AM by jam

Can't use .iso from read-only NFS file system

Jae Ellers Mar 7, 2007 4:59 PM

Tell me this is fixed in 3.0.1 or some patch.

We setup replication among our NetApps to distribute isos around to our regional sites. Since the NFS share is read-only I checked the box to make the file system read-only.

I'm putting the vm on a local datastore on a blade (base esx 3.0.0). When I browse to the NFS share I get the oh, so useful message "The datastore is read-only" and the browser window doesn't browse into the datastore.

Duh.

So, even though the file system is read-only, I then recreate the NFS mount and don't check the read-only box. Now the browser enters the datastore and I am building a test system off of the dvd.iso.

Not the sharpest hammer in the box. Anyone run into this before? Seems like a logical bug to me. If the datastore is read-only I should be able to read from there in the browser for my .iso, eh?

1. Re: Can't use .iso from read-only NFS file system

PatrickMSlattery Mar 7, 2007 8:14 PM (in response to Jae Ellers)

I have run into the same issue with read-only NFS shares from my NetApps on v3.0.1 as well. I have not seen a patch to fix it either.
It makes sense to me to have a read-only ISO storage share, not sure why VMware does not think the same...
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2. Re: Can't use .iso from read-only NFS file system

Jae Ellers Mar 7, 2007 8:33 PM (in response to Jae Ellers)

I will open an SR on this and I hope you'll do the same. Thanks.
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3. Re: Can't use .iso from read-only NFS file system

jam Jul 30, 2007 6:46 AM (in response to Jae Ellers)

I get this too. However, if you single-click on the NFS share then click on 'Open', it then opens normally and you can use it.
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