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You have a VMDK file that is located on a SAN connected to VMWare ESX?
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You have a VMDK file that is located on a SAN connected to VMWare ESX?

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you want to inject a file into a VMDK file without powering on the Virtual Machine, and the Virtual Machine is stored on the SAN?
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you want to inject a file into a VMDK file without powering on the Virtual Machine, and the Virtual Machine is stored on the SAN?

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check this<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23346773/Copy-Existing-VMDK-files-over-to-ESX-SAN.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23346773/Copy-Existing-VMDK-files-over-to-ESX-SAN.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/message/1090544" rel="ugc">http://communities.vmware.com/message/1090544</a><br />
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check this

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23346773/Copy-Existing-VMDK-files-over-to-ESX-SAN.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23346773/Copy-Existing-VMDK-files-over-to-ESX-SAN.html]

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1090544 [http://communities.vmware.com/message/1090544]



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fast scp only lets me access local storage on the esx server
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fast scp only lets me access local storage on the esx server

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What version of VMware ESX or ESXi?
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vsphere 4.1 esx server<br />
virtual centre server
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vsphere 4.1 esx server
virtual centre server

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The only way I know is using the Virtual Disk Development Kit<br />
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<a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/</a><br />
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Check Mounting a Remote Disk in the following pdf document<br />
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<a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vddk12_diskmount.pdf" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vddk12_diskmount.pdf</a>
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The only way I know is using the Virtual Disk Development Kit

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/ [http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/]

Check Mounting a Remote Disk in the following pdf document

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vddk12_diskmount.pdf [http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vddk12_diskmount.pdf]

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Either mount on Windows host remotely or mount directly on ESX 4.1.<br />
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Windows command line<br />
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e.g.<br />
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vmware-mount K: “[storage1] WinXP/WinXP.vmdk” /i:ha-datacenter/vm/WinXP /h:esx3 /u:root /s:secret
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Either mount on Windows host remotely or mount directly on ESX 4.1.

Windows command line

e.g.

vmware-mount K: “[storage1] WinXP/WinXP.vmdk” /i:ha-datacenter/vm/WinXP /h:esx3 /u:root /s:secret

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what do i need to install?<br />
is storage1 the datastore name?
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what do i need to install?
is storage1 the datastore name?

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yes storage1 is the datastore name.<br />
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download here<br />
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<a href="http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VDDK-1-2-1" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VDDK-1-2-1</a><br />
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yes storage1 is the datastore name.

download here

http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VDDK-1-2-1 [http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VDDK-1-2-1]



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and what is ha-datacenter/?
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the datacentre name in vCenter.<br />
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is this correct<br />
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vmware-mount K: “[datastorename] servername/servername.vmdk<wbr />” /i:ha-datacentrename/vm/vm<wbr />name /h:esx4 /u:root /s:password 
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is this correct

vmware-mount K: “[datastorename] servername/servername.vmdk” /i:ha-datacentrename/vm/vmname /h:esx4 /u:root /s:password

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ha-datacentrename/vm/vmnam<wbr />e <br />
is vm and vmname the virtualserver name
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ha-datacentrename/vm/vmname
is vm and vmname the virtualserver name

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yes, in the manual, there full explaination how to find the actual values, strings for your environment starting on Page 8/9, because the actual values need to match exactly.
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yes, in the manual, there full explaination how to find the actual values, strings for your environment starting on Page 8/9, because the actual values need to match exactly.

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Just FYI - If your SAN storage is something that is either connected to the host, or if it's a mapped drive to your local workstation, you could use WinSCP or Veeam FastSCP to copy the VMDK to the datastore of your VM since both can 'see' local storage of the workstation the app (WinSCP or FastSCP) is installed on.<br />
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~coolsport00
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Just FYI - If your SAN storage is something that is either connected to the host, or if it's a mapped drive to your local workstation, you could use WinSCP or Veeam FastSCP to copy the VMDK to the datastore of your VM since both can 'see' local storage of the workstation the app (WinSCP or FastSCP) is installed on.

~coolsport00

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sorry for being stupid what is the exact command if my server name is serverabc and my datacenter name is companyz
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sorry for being stupid what is the exact command if my server name is serverabc and my datacenter name is companyz

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sorry is there a correct procedure to dismount it??
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sorry is there a correct procedure to dismount it??

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yes, you got it. Don't forget to Unmount!<br />
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otherwise the VM willbe locked and you'll not be able to start it!
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yes, you got it. Don't forget to Unmount!

otherwise the VM willbe locked and you'll not be able to start it!

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i want to be able to copy a file to a virtual server without powering it on.<br />
i can see how to mount a vmdk file if it was locvated on local storage but how do i do it if its located on a san
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i want to be able to copy a file to a virtual server without powering it on.
i can see how to mount a vmdk file if it was locvated on local storage but how do i do it if its located on a san

how to mount a vmdk file located on a san

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