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Chapter 8 Transferring Files and Text Between the Host and Guest
Map or Mount a Virtual Disk to a Drive on the Host
Beforeyoubegintomapavirtualdisk,makesurethatallvirtualmachinesthatusethe
diskarepoweredoff.Also,takethefollowingconsiderationsintoaccount:
YoucanmountvolumesformattedwithFAT(12/16/32)orNTFSonly.Ifthevirtual
diskhasamixofpartitions(volumes)where,forexample,apartitionis
unformattedorisformattedwithaLinuxoperatingsystemandanotherpartition
isformattedwithaWindowsoperatingsystem,youcanmounttheWindows
partitiononly
.
Youcanmountavirtualdiskthathasasnapshot,butifyouwritetothedisk,you
canirreparablydamageasnapshotorlinkedclonepreviouslycreatedfromthe
virtualmachine.
Youcannotmountavirtualdiskifanyofits.vmdkfilesarecompressedorhave
read‐onlypermissions.Changetheseattributesbeforemountingthevirtualdisk.
Youcannotmapormountavirtualdiskthatisencrypted.
To map or mount a virtual disk to a drive on the host
1Openthemenutomountavirtualdisktoadriveonthehost.
OnWindows,selectFile>MaporDisconnectVirtualDisks.
OnLinux,selectFile>MountorUnmountVirtualDisks.
2Mapormountavirtualdisk.
OnWindows,intheMaporDisconnectVirtualDrivesdialogbox,clickMap.
OnLinux,intheMountorUnmountVirtualDrivesdialogbox,clickMount
Disk.
3Inthedialogbox,clickBrowse,navigatetoadiskfile(.vmdkfile),selectit,and
clickOpen.
CAUTIONVMwarerecommendsthatyouleavethecheckboxOpenfilein
read‐onlymodeselectedintheMapaVirtualDiskdialogbox.Thissetting
preventsyoufromaccidentallywritingdatatoavirtualdiskthatmightbethe
parentofasnapshotorlinkedclone.Writingtosuchadiskmig
htmakethe
snapshotorcloneunusable.
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