How can I mount vmdk in 10.7?

Question

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 VMD

Answer 1

A variation on Zee + Dave_R's answer if what you have handy is an old installation of Fusion rather than a fresh download of the 3.1 installer:

1. Install OSX Fuse from http://osxfuse.github.com (clicking the checkbox for the compatibility layer)

2. Copy /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/VMDKMounter.app from your backup to your current system

3. Restore the set-UID permission on the vmdkMounterTool inside:

   cd Applications/VMDKMounter.app/Contents/MacOS
   sudo chown root vmware-vmdkMounterTool
   sudo chmod u+s vmware-vmdkMounterTool
   

Read across the internet on the evils of setUID programs, but it's fairly appropriate here…

Also remember some limitations of VMDKMounter if it's been a while since you used it: it will refuse to mount a read-only VM (it wants to lock the VMDK against other writers), and that mounting an actual .vmdk file doesn't work; you need to "mount" the VM containing it.