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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. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~