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The DiskMount User’s Manual

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

/v:N

Mounts volume 

N

 of a virtual disk. 

N

 defaults to 

1

.

/p

Displays the partitions (volumes) on the virtual disk.

/d

Deletes the mapping to a virtual disk drive volume.

/f

Forcibly deletes the mapping to a virtual disk drive volume. Use this option 

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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