> I've got Windows 2003 guest running under VS2005 R2 (on Dell 2850 2 x Xeon
> 3.0 2003 server) and I want to access files (about 25gb) on the host OS.
>
> I can do \\servername\ and copy them using ip, but it runs at 100mbits max,
> is there a quicked way to access the files, I've tried to create a virtual
> linked disk, but I don't have enough space to convert it to a virtual disk.
>
> Thanks
>
> Maurice

Hi,

Another method that I've employed is to create a .iso file using one of the free utilities on the web, and mount it on the virtual server as a cdrom...

This comes with the obvious sizing limitations, but I've found it a good approach for the time being... Especially when you want to patch your systems with the latest service packs etc...

Cheers,
Charley Hanania.

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On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:36:09 GMT,
"CharleyHanania"<CharleydotHananiaatgmail.com> wrote:

>
>> I've got Windows 2003 guest running under VS2005 R2 (on Dell 2850 2 x Xeon
>> 3.0 2003 server) and I want to access files (about 25gb) on the host OS.
>>
>> I can do \\servername\ and copy them using ip, but it runs at 100mbits max,
>> is there a quicked way to access the files, I've tried to create a virtual
>> linked disk, but I don't have enough space to convert it to a virtual disk.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Maurice
>
>Hi,
>
>Another method that I've employed is to create a .iso file using one of the free utilities on the web, and mount it on the virtual server as a cdrom...
>
>This comes with the obvious sizing limitations, but I've found it a good approach for the time being... Especially when you want to patch your systems with the latest service packs etc...
>
>Cheers,
>Charley Hanania.

Did you notice the size of the data the OP wanted to transfer?
It is "about 25 Gb"!!!
Not a case for ISO files.

If the files are *many* then using shared folders won't work since
there is a file count and path depth limit to the shared folders
feature of VPC2007, unfortunately.
But if the files are few but big then you could put them into a folder
on the host and then share that folder via the VPC2007 "Shared
folders" setting. Of course in order to do this you need to have
install the VM Additions in the guest.


Bo Berglund