Mounting external HDD using mount -t help

[cybernav]

Hi i am new to this site and would like to post my first question

I am using ESX 3.5 for my virtual machines, I am tying the mount a HDD to restore a VM I use the following command:

#mount -t smbfs //192.168.23.1/june23 /smbshare -o username=administrator

the reply I get is

error connecting to 192.168.23.1 (connection refused)

14268 connection to 192.168.23.1 failed

SMB connection failed

the number 14268 is different on every attempt

I have used this before but now its not working is this a windows thing?

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Moved to ESx 3.5 forum.

#mount -t smbfs //192.168.23.1/june23 /smbshare -o username=administrator

I have used this before but now its not working is this a windows thing?

Most likely it is, or ESX is no longer allowing smb out..... To allow use:

esxcfg-firewall -e smbClient

After that look on the Windows host for errors, perhaps june23 is not a proper sharename.

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[cybernav]

Hi i have checked #esxcfg-firewall -e smbClient

I queried it #esxcfg-firewall -q smbClient all ok the share is correct

I think it could be the management console but im not sure what to look for?

[Cooldude09]

Is the Samba server working fine...use testparm to see if it is working fine or not....also on esx box do..service iptables stop

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[Lightbulb]

IF the SMB share is on a Windows system check if that system has Windows Firewall turned on. If it is on Linux/Unix system running SAMBA make sure that there is not a host based firewall in place on that system.

[americhanac]

I had the same problem.

Configure the firewall to allow the connections for Netbios - port 135 and probably 139.

I am still in the testing phase of ESX so i just enable all incming and all outgoing.

#esxcfg-firewall allowOutgoing

#esxcfg-firewall allowIncoming

Hope this helps!

[cybernav]

Thankyou all for your advice

I used the service iptables stop command to flush the firewall suggested by and removed the mounted.txt file, its all working.

I can relax now

I have an other question, because I couldn't mount the HDD the backups were stored on the host.

How do I remove or move the backups to the external HDD to reclaim valuable disk space.

I have tried rmdir and rm with no avail