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The DiskMount User's Manual
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• You cannot mount a virtual disk that is currently being used by a running or
suspended virtual machine. Only disks that are in a powered off virtual machine
can be mounted.
Statement of Support
The VMware DiskMount Utility is provided without support services from VMware
under the terms in the 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.
Running the VMware DiskMount Utility
To run the VMware DiskMount Utility, open a command prompt on a Windows 2000,
Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 host, then change to the directory where you
installed the software.
The command syntax is:
vmware-mount [options] [drive letter:] [\\path\to\virtual
disk]
The options you can use include:
Option
Definition
Mounts volume N of a virtual disk. N defaults to 1.
/v:N
Displays the partitions (volumes) on the virtual disk.
/p
Deletes the mapping to a virtual disk drive volume.
/d
Forcibly deletes the mapping to a virtual disk drive volume. Use this option
/f
when a technical error or a correctable condition such as open file handles
prevents DiskMount from unmounting the drive.
Displays vmware-mount usage information.
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