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    <title>topic Re: Editing VMDK File  Extent using Vi in VMware vSphere™ Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;A complete screenshot of your screen might help us understand where it is going wrong.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Supreet&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:55:18 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>SupreetK</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-07-12T13:55:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Editing VMDK File  Extent using Vi</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Editing-VMDK-File-Extent-using-Vi/m-p/506674#M7708</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Guys,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Question, I'm novice VMware Engineer here &lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm trying to edit the VMDK File using VI Editor.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;sample CLI&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;vi /volumes/datastore/vmfolder/vmname.vmdk&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Upon entering the correct path and file name, I keep getting the word&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;'vi /volumes/datastore/vmfolder/vmname.vmdk' is not a regular file&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any idea guys how I can override, is it something about the permission? but am using root account, I wanted to edit the VMDK Extent.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks in advance,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;JOf&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 22:33:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>VM_JOf</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-07-11T22:33:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Editing VMDK File  Extent using Vi</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Type the exact string you're issuing as an argument to the &lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;vi&lt;/SPAN&gt; command.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>daphnissov</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-07-12T13:01:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Editing VMDK File  Extent using Vi</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Editing-VMDK-File-Extent-using-Vi/m-p/506676#M7710</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;A complete screenshot of your screen might help us understand where it is going wrong.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Supreet&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:55:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>SupreetK</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-07-12T13:55:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Editing VMDK File  Extent using Vi</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Editing-VMDK-File-Extent-using-Vi/m-p/506677#M7711</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;The path syntax would something like this &lt;SPAN style="font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;vi /&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;vmfs/&lt;/SPAN&gt;volumes/datastore/**********.vmdk&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Volumes are under '&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;VMFS'&lt;/SPAN&gt; directory which you aren't specifying. &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:44:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>vijayrana968</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-07-12T14:44:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Editing VMDK File  Extent using Vi</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank You, I was able to browse the path and edited t VMDK file extent details.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:14:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>VM_JOf</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-07-23T08:14:55Z</dc:date>
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