Tag: vmdk

Shared VMDKs on vSphere ESX and ESXi

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Got a comment on my share and share alike post that covered setting up shared VMDK files on VI3 / ESX 3.x. Seemingly it didn’t work any longer. Work or not, I figure it’s time to revisit this in a new way, using vCLI(rCLI)! This will require the following steps: Download & install the vCLI
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Sharing and Snapshots – Another Look at Sharing VMDK Files

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Late Tuesday evening I was troubleshooting an issue with a Mr. Smith from #vmware on Freenode. Yes, really, his name was smith. The issue we were troubleshooting was related to sharing VMDK files, between two VMs running on separate hosts. After pointing Mr. Smith to my “Share and Share Alike” and feverently insisting that it
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