communication between vmguest and ESX host

[romi]

Hi,

I am using esx server 3.0.1 . i want to send some data from esx host to vm guest without using vmware tools. is there any way to do that?

Thanks in advance.

[admin]

The only way to do it is using the network as you would between physical servers.

[romi]

thanks for your reply.

could you please explain a bit more your answer. how should i use network for this purpose?

[admin]

For example, if you wanted to copy data from within a Windows VM to your ESX hosts, you could create an SMB share on the Windows VM and then mount it on the ESX Service Console, then use this share to copy files from Windows->ESX and vice-versa.

Or you could use WinSCP/FastSCP installed on the Windows VM to copy files to/from the ESX Service Console.

[romi]

acually i am using linux vm guest. could you please tell me how should i do this between linux vm guest and esx host using network.

[admin · Accepted solution]

Nice and easy with a Linux guest, just use scp to copy files from host->guest and back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy

You'll need to open the port in the firewall on the ESX server.

esxcfg-firewall -e sshClient[/code]