Esx 3.5 mount windows share

I do not want the OS stored on the storage arrays. It must be extended storage. Giving the guest access doesn't work either. I have a guy doing linux VM's on the host and I give him shares, but he keeps telling me that "permissions dont translate correctly" when trying to save files to the folder.

So he keeps wanting me to present some other solution. Don't ask me what that means, I am not a linux person at all. I am strictly a windows shop. But the only way he can make his stuff work is running it in a linux environment. Thuleman Supreme [H]ardness. Joined Apr 13, Messages 5, From memory, you need to create a vmkernel port for the NFS share and that's that, then it will show up as datastore. I can't currently check for the exact settings, but I am pretty sure you need a vmkernel network port to connect NFS.

How though? I'm not really an expert here with ESX. I'm not sure what to do next though. Go read the manual, please, and search the KB at vmware. Or, call support. We'll give you a hand and help you figure out how best to do all of this. Merry Christmas! Same error when using what you told me to put in each box. What OS is your server running? I mentioned in my first post we are running Windows Enterprise. We are not running R2.

Then it probably won't work. Get to R2, get Services for Unix 3. You might be able to get by with just installing the latest SFU pack installed, but make sure you do the user maps. Did you map UID0 to a admin user? DC Scope is affordably priced per VM.

Comments Thanks so much. After searching and trying for some time, your method worked on ESX 4 update 1. Any suggestions? ESXi doesnt have the ability to do so. VMware Workstation Find us on Facebook.

ESX Virtualization. Technical Paper from Runecast You can download it here. Feel free to network via Twitter vladan. You can read or write to the vmdk file without loading the virtual system. How to solve it? Did you figure out how to access files from the mount? The link provided in the above post now lands you at a download page for VMWare Workstation 9.

My experience: Summary: 7Zip worked great for me. NTFS, 1. NTFS, and 2 no extension. NTFS was able 30 folders. NTFS was one giant file. I had joined them. I used that. I did not test if 7Zip would handle the split version. Franciscofreide Thanks for the useful comment.