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I'm using OSX Lion and want to mount a VMDK-File which I've created on my VMWare Fusion 4.0.2.
Is it possible?!
I asked Google, it means I should mount the VMDK with an app under '/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/VMDKMounter.app', but this app isn't there. So I installed MacFuse (and later OSXFuse) like suggested, but there is still no VMDKMounter.
Any suggestions?
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The idea of how to mount VMDK files in Windows is similar. In addition to the File > Map Virtual Disks option in the graphical user interface (GUI) of VMware Workstation, you can just right click the VMDK file in Windows Explorer and in the context menu, hit the Map Virtual Disk option.
VMware Workstation is a desktop program to mount VMDK on Windows. Just open it, and on the taskbar, select the File tab. Then from the list, select "Map Virtual Disks ...". Next, you need to select the drive letter where you want to mount the VMDK file and click OK.
To do this, just right-click on the VMDK flat file and select Open Archive to copy the VMDK contents to a folder of your choosing. Alternatively, extract the entire disk contents using the Extract to folder functionality. The method works for VMDKs previously attached to either Windows or Linux.
You need a copy of Fusion 3.1.3 and Pacifist 2.6.4, download them from:
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_fusion/3_0
http://www.charlessoft.com
Drag the Pacifist application to your /Applications or /Utilities folder.
Instead of installing, mount the VMware-Fusion-3.1.3-416484.dmg disk image, right-click on the Install VMware Fusion application and click on Show Package Contents: then, in the Finder, navigate to Contents -> Resources -> Install VMware Fusion.mpkg, right-click on it and do an Open With -> Pacifist.
In Pacifist, navigate to Contents of Install VMware Fusion.mpkg -> Contents of Install Vmware Fusion.pkg -> Library -> Application Support -> VMware Fusion, then select only VMDKMounter.app and click the Install button in the Pacifist toolbar.
After the installation has completed, you will find the VMDKMounter application in the "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion" folder (but probably you can also extract it elsewhere, or move it afterwards; BTW, that folder isn't used by Fusion 4, anymore: everything now is inside the main application bundle).
The VMDKMounter now should work as usual (from the Finder context menu).
PS: MacFuse is just a driver to access 3rd party file systems build on top of OSX, but in any case you need to install it since VMDKMounter requires that. As MacFuse project page on Google tells that there is no further support/development. So, thats why VMware dropped it from latest version. This version of MacFuse works: http://www.tuxera.com/mac/macfuse/MacFUSE-Tuxera-2.2.dmg.
UPDATE: FUSE for OS X allows you to extend OS X's native file handling capabilities via third-party file systems. See answer by Dave_R for more details.
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Just wanted to add if you are looking at Zee's answer and you are running 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Get OSX Fuse instead of MacFUSE. Also, when you install, click the checkbox for compatibility layer.
FUSE for OS X allows you to extend OS X's native file handling capabilities via third-party file systems. OSXFUSE is a successor to MacFUSE, which has been used as a software building block by dozens of products, but is no longer being maintained. Visit http://osxfuse.github.com for more details...
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I can't believe they STILL haven't resurrected VMDKMounter, now that Fuse for OS X is in full development and works like a charm under OS X 10.7. I had switched to VMWare because Parallels had fallen behind, but I guess it's time to switch back. VMWare's suggestion that I mount the images as a second drive in a virtual machine, instead of directly to my actual workstation is a bit insulting and ridiculous.
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