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Mounting Virtual Disks Outside of Virtual Machines The VMware DiskMount Utility allows you to mount an unused virtual disk in a Windows host file system as a separate drive without needing to connect to the virtual disk from within a virtual machine. You can mount specific volumes of a virtual disk if the virtual disk is partitioned.
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VMware DiskMount Utility license agreement. Installing the VMware DiskMount Utility The VMware DiskMount Utility is available as a free download from the VMware Web site. To download DiskMount, go to www.vmware.com/download/diskmount.html. Once you download the installer, run it on a Windows host machine. A VMware virtualization product such as GSX Server or Workstation does not need to be installed on the host.
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Examples Using the VMware DiskMount Utility Following are some examples that illustrate how to use DiskMount. Mounting a Virtual Disk Use this command to mount a virtual disk: vmware-mount h: “C:\My Virtual Machines\w2003std.vmdk” List Virtual Disk Volumes Currently Mounted Use this command to review which virtual disks are mounted under DiskMount.
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