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Mounting VMFS volume (read-only) in Ubuntu

26 September 2020 By Nathan Jackson

Tested with Ubuntu 20.04 on VMFS5 volume using vmfs-tools 0.2.5

Install VMFS tools

sudo apt install vmfs-tools

Identify VMFS partition

blkid

Mount the partition to your mount-point

vmfs-fuse /dev/{:PartitionID:} "{:MountPoint:}"

Filed Under: Ubuntu, VMware

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