Re: Upload my virtual machine from my external hard drive (vSphere)
Yes, I stopped USB arbitrator. Here the result of esxcli storage core device list | grep -i usb:Is USB: falseIs Boot USB Device: falseDisplay Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba44:C0:T0:L0)Is...
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Did you try to run the ntfscat command to see whether files on the "mpx.vmhba44:C0:T0:L0:1" partition can be accessed?André
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Yes, and it gave me the error: (When I try with mpx.vmhba44:C0:T0:L0:1)Failed to determine whether mpx.vmhba44:C0:T0:L0:1 is mounted: No such file or directory.Forced to continue.Cannot find attribute...
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I use "scp" for that kind of task. So enable SSH Server on esx and youre ready to go. The use of the datastore browser is also an option. Not sure how stable it is. If its a large VM think about to...
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So, is it definelty impossible to mount an NTFS disk ?
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Yes. ESXi cannot read NTFS filesystems.
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Ok.Is there a solution to copy my virtual machine from my Laptop to the ESXi server ? (without relying on LAN network). Thanks.
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Not that I'm aware of with any reliability.
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Maybe, a direct connection between the laptop and ESXi using a crossover cable? Have not tried it anytime, so this is just a shot in the dark. Cheers,Supreet
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Oh ! It's very frustrating at the end, when simple things are not faisable.
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I will try to format another disk to VMFS in order to be able to read it on ESXi.Is VMFS readable under Windows ?Thanks for your help !
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No, Windows cannot read VMFS.
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Linux can read VMFS 5. Write support of VMFS 5 is highly experimental.Reading VMFS 6 is coming but flagged as experimental at the moment.By the way using VMFS on USB-disks is also experimental.I...
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Thanks a lot continuumI will take your advices, and forget the USB plan.
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New VMware Tools for XP in 6.7U1?
Hi, after upgrading my environment to 6.7U1 a Windows XP VM is reporting, that there is a new Version of VMware Tools available. Must be a bug, or is there really a new version of VMware Tools...
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Is it reporting for all the VMs or just this Windows XP VM? Is this being reported on the VM Summary tab? Cheers,Supreet
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Re: New VMware Tools for XP in 6.7U1?
I have only one Windows XP VM, on the rest of the VM's (Windows 7, Server 2012R2 and up) the message was shown too, but there i updated the VMware Tools and the message disappears, as expected... When...
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