Trying to mount a network harddisk to VI3 console

[PaddyEnglish]

I have a network hdd that presents itself to vmware as a unix drive and to windows as ntfs, i have tried to mount it on a vi3 server but I get strange errors. mount -t ext3 -o username=xxxxx,password=xxxxx 10.196.68.55/backups /vmimages/backups results in mount: special device 10.196.68.55/backups doesnt exist.

I can ping the drive and map it to a windows server.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

Paddy

Message was edited by: oreeh

removed the username and the password

[psharpley]

You could try mounting this (Windows) share as a samba mount in the service console:

Create a mount point: mkdir /mnt/anything-you-want

Enable the samba client through the ESX firewall: esxcfg-firewall -e smbClient

Then: mount -t smbfs -o username=domain\winUsername,password= //windowsHost/shareName /mnt/anything-you-want

If it works and you want to use it often, you can edit fstab and auto connect each time you restart the ESX host.

P.S I wouldn't give my username/passwords out if I were you

[oreeh · Accepted solution]

You can't remotely mount an ex3 file system.

Mount it as a NFS file system instead (provided this box is able to export it via NFS v3) or use Pete's suggestion from above.