All,
Using Windows 2008's ability to create symlinks I would like to
achieve the following goal:
Using SCVMM's library features, create a symlink in the directory that
points to my storage of ISOs on another server. (I do not want to
duplicate ISOs).
What I have done:
* I have created symlinking ability with fsutil. I've enabled all the
policies.
* I have changed the system service accounts of VMM, and given the
paths the appropriate permissions
* I have verified the user can browse locally.
What doesn't work, but I expect it should:
* Browsing to the library. When I select the Symlink I get "The
symbolic link cannot be followed because its type is disallowed"
I read this is solved by enabling the policies with
fsutil.. I did that (L2L, R2L, L2R, and R2R all set to 1)
* When refreshing the SCVMM library, I receive an error:
VMM could not find the specified path
\\VM-SysCen-01.ctg.com\MSSCVMMLibrary\VLK ISOs\Windows
2008\Windows_Svr_2008R2_64-bit.ISO on the VM-SysCen-01.ctg.com server.
Ensure that you have specified a valid file name parameter, and then try
the operation again.
ID: 2904
Details: The system cannot find the path specified (0x80070003)
This is not a specific file issue. I've tried to put a different one
there.
Additionally, when refreshing, procmon gives a few interesting things:
5:13:18.9492881 PM vmmAgent.exe 1924 CreateFile \\itnas\it\VLK
ISOs\Windows 2008 REPARSE Desired Access: Read Data/List
Directory, Synchronize, Disposition: Open, Options: Directory,
Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write,
Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: <unknown>
5:13:18.9577624 PM vmmAgent.exe 1924 CreateFile \\itnas\it\VLK
ISOs\Windows 2008 SUCCESS Desired Access: Read Data/List
Directory, Synchronize, Disposition: Open, Options: Directory,
Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write,
Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
5:13:18.9600948 PM vmmAgent.exe 1924 QueryDirectory
\\itnas\it\VLK ISOs\Windows 2008\* SUCCESS Filter: *, 1: .
5:13:18.9615475 PM vmmAgent.exe 1924 QueryDirectory
\\itnas\it\VLK ISOs\Windows 2008 SUCCESS 0: .., 1:
Windows_Svr_2008R2_64-bit.ISO, 2: VLK.txt
5:13:18.9652212 PM vmmAgent.exe 1924 QueryDirectory
\\itnas\it\VLK ISOs\Windows 2008 NO MORE FILES
5:13:18.9652664 PM vmmAgent.exe 1924 CloseFile \\itnas\it\VLK
ISOs\Windows 2008 SUCCESS
Any assistance in this would be greatly appreciated.
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