syntax for vmware-mount.exe

[continuum]

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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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

[admin]

/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/

Thanks

Sudarsan

[continuum]

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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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

[admin]

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

[admin · Accepted solution]

\[ 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

[continuum]

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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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

[singhpdeep]

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

[sumanmshan]

Hi all,

I am trying to mount a remote disk(.vmdk) to my local machine which is also linux.

Iam using the follwoing command to mount the disk:

vmware-mount -v ha-datacenter/vm/TestVM -h 10.0.0.1 -u root -F password "[DataStoreName] TestVM/TestVM.vmdk" /mountPoint

But its not mounting the disk and throwing the following error:

Failed to open disk: Unknown error (1)

Failed to mount disk "[DataStoreName] TestVM/TestVM.vmdk" : Cannot open the virtual disk

can anyone help me out at this stage, where do I go wrong???

Thank you.

Suman

[RWFnetworking]

After many hours of pulling my hair out, I finally managed to use vmware-mount on both our ESX and Vcenter. I hop this helps anyone that is as frustrated as i was ove this.

Items in RED are values that will come from your ESX/VCenter Server.

Mount directly to a ESX Host: (“ha-datacenter/vm” is a constant for VMWare Mount on all ESX Servers)

vmware-mount Z: /i:"ha-datacenter/vm/Windows XPc" "vmware:storage1 Windows XPc/Windows XPc.vmdk" /h:vmware /u:root /s:password /v:1 (/v only needed if you have more than 1 volume to mount)

See Screen Shot 002, this will fill in the details on where all the info came from.

Mount through Vcenter

vmware-mount z: /v:1 /i:"Main/vm/Discovered Virtual Machine/Windows XPc" "vmware:storage1 Windows XPc/Windows XPc.vmdk" /h:master

Note "Main", "Discovered Virtual Machine" are taken off the VCenter Server from the Virtual Machines & Templates area. Also notice the the addition of “vm’ not sure why that is that way, but it works. I also left off the /u:username /s:password because I was verified off my current Windows login. If you wanted to use another account, the format would be:

vmware-mount z: /v:1 /i:"Main/vm/Discovered Virtual Machine/Windows XPc" "vmware:storage1 Windows XPc/Windows XPc.vmdk" /h:master /u:username /s:password

or if you get a message that the login failed try:

vmware-mount z: /v:1 /i:"Main/vm/Discovered Virtual Machine/Windows XPc" "vmware:storage1 Windows XPc/Windows XPc.vmdk" /h:master /u:domain\username /s:password

See Screen Shot 004

Fyi: "Master" is my Vcenter located at 192.168.1.100 and "Vmware" is my VMWare host located at 192.168.1.250. I could of used IP Addresses instead.

Robert

[RWFnetworking]

Btw, also be sure that you are using the correct vmware-mount. The VMWare Disk Mount i downloaded from VMWare looks like it is only capable of mounting local disks. You can tell this by typing vmware-mount /?.

Output from the vmware-mount from VMWare DiskMount Utility:

VMware-mount

VMware DiskMount Utility version 5.5.0 build-18463

Copyright (c) 1998-2003 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.

This utility mounts VMware virtual disks under Microsoft Windows.

Use "VMware-mount" without arguments to list the currently-mounted volumes.

/d deletes the mapping to a virtual drive volume

/f forcibly deletes the mapping to a virtual drive volume

/v:N mounts volume N of a virtual disk

/p displays the partitions (volumes) on a virtual disk

/y open the virtual disk whether or not a snapshot is in effect

/n do not open the virtual disk if a snapshot is in effect

/? displays this usage information

Output from VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit:

VMware-mount

VMware DiskMount Utility version e.x.p build-157900

Copyright (c) 1998-2008 VMware, Inc.All rights reserved.

This utility mounts VMware virtual disks under Microsoft Windows.

Use "VMware-mount" without arguments to list the currently-mounted volumes.

/v:N mounts volume N of a virtual disk (default=1)

/d deletes the mapping to a virtual drive volume

/f forcibly deletes the mapping to a virtual drive volume

/p displays the partitions (volumes) on a virtual disk (local disks only)

/L lists the currently-mounted volumes

/i:InventoryPath inventory path of the VM owning the virtual disk

/m:[w|n] mount in read-'w'rite or 'n'on-persistent mode

/h:host name or address of server to access managed virtual disk

/u:userid user name on the server

/s:password password on the server

/P:port# port number to access the server (default=902)

/? displays this usage information

If you do not specify the userid and password parameters when connecting to VC, the current logged on user credentials are use

Mount examples: Local mount

VMware-mount z: E:\My Virtual Machines\WinXP\Disk1.vmdk

VMware-mount /m:n z: E:\My Virtual Machines\WinXP\Disk1.vmdk

VMware-mount z: E:\My Virtual Machines\WinXP\Disk1.vmdk

Mount examples: Remote mount

VMware-mount z: "[storageX] MyVm/Disk1.vmdk" /i:"ha-datacenter/vm/MyVm" /h:myesx.domain.com /u:userid /s:password

VMware-mount z: "[storageX] MyVm/Disk1.vmdk" /i:"Folder Name/My Datacenter/vm/MyVm" /h:myvc.domain.com /u:userid /s:password

VMware-mount z: "[storageX] MyVm/Disk1.vmdk" /i:"Folder Name/My Datacenter/vm/MyVm" /h:myvc.domain.com /u:userid /s:password

VMware-mount z: "[storageX] MyVm/Disk1.vmdk" /i:"Folder Name/My Datacenter/vm/MyVm" /h:myvc.domain.com

Robert

[blahphish]

Also note that the paths to your VM is case sensitive!

[bobst_martin]

Thanks a lot for your details RWFnetworking,  finaly it works for me to from VC

the documentation is wrong , the folder name position is not in the proper place

Original doc

VMware-mount z: "[storageX] MyVm/Disk1.vmdk" /i:"Folder Name/My Datacenter/vm/MyVm" /h:myvc.domain.com /u:userid /s:password

Correct Doc should be

VMware-mount z: "[storageX] MyVm/Disk1.vmdk" /i:"My Datacenter/vm/Folder Name/MyVm" /h:myvc.domain.com /u:userid /s:password