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VB with VDI on a NFS share

Posted: 22. Jul 2009, 16:51
by paulg_ca
Greetings,

Has anyone deployed VB in a lab where the virtual disks (read-only) are on a NFS share ?

Thank You
Paul

Re: VB with VDI on a NFS share

Posted: 22. Jul 2009, 16:55
by sej7278
can't see readonly working at all.

and nfs share implies multiple users are going to access them, which also isn't going to work.

Re: VB with VDI on a NFS share

Posted: 22. Jul 2009, 17:45
by paulg_ca
Couldn't I use "VBoxManage modifyhd filename --type immutable" to make the hd readonly and allow users to store snapshots in their home directories ?

What I had in mind was:
admin: VBoxManage modifyhd <filename> --type immutable

user: VBoxManage registervm <filename>
user: VBoxmanage --startvm <name>

Re: VB with VDI on a NFS share

Posted: 22. Jul 2009, 19:37
by vbox4me2
It might work, but your best bet is to try it out and see what happens.