How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7
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Has anyone tried to loopback mount a VHDX file on CentOS 7 (or any Linux distro?) I've heard that guestfish can do tis for some image types but does not seem to like VHDX format. I'm not sure that CentOS can do this currently. Has anyone tried? Any insight as to tools? Thanks.
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You need to use the same tools as what is used in XO/XOA. libvhdi-utils
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@danp and I had to add this to our installations when the file level recovery capabilities was released, you can find information about it on the XO installation script.
libvhdi-utils
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I'm a proxy, but I passed it on and will provide feedback when I hear more.
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@scottalanmiller cool.
I'm surprised someone is wanting to mount directly inside of CentOS. Not that it is weird, just wondering what the setup here is.
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What is "loopback mount"?
If you want to mount a .VHDX file on CentOS, and it's a VM, why not attach it to the VM itself and then mount it as a volume within CentOS? Unless it's a physical machine.
You could also mount a .VHDX file as an iSCSI device if there's an available Windows Server to install the iSCSI target role on I believe. Could present the .VHDX that way. I haven't tried it, but I think it's definitely worth a go.
Of course, this all depends on what "loopback mount" means. I'm just assuming mounting a .vhdx on CentOS.
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@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
What is "loopback mount"?
I got about this far in my line of questioning
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@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
What is "loopback mount"?
It's when you have a filesystem image on a filesystem and want to mount it onto the same filesystem. Like ISO or IMG files.
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@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
If you want to mount a .VHDX file on CentOS, and it's a VM, why not attach it to the VM itself and then mount it as a volume within CentOS?
Not a VM, just an image.
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@scottalanmiller said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
If you want to mount a .VHDX file on CentOS, and it's a VM, why not attach it to the VM itself and then mount it as a volume within CentOS?
Not a VM, just an image.
I mean if the CentOS 7 server is a VM on Hyper-V, you could mount the .VHDX to the VM and it would be presented to CentOS as a regular drive.
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@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@scottalanmiller said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
If you want to mount a .VHDX file on CentOS, and it's a VM, why not attach it to the VM itself and then mount it as a volume within CentOS?
Not a VM, just an image.
I mean if the CentOS 7 server is a VM on Hyper-V, you could mount the .VHDX to the VM and it would be presented to CentOS as a regular drive.
That is a bit of an odd assumption, right?
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@DustinB3403 said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@scottalanmiller said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
If you want to mount a .VHDX file on CentOS, and it's a VM, why not attach it to the VM itself and then mount it as a volume within CentOS?
Not a VM, just an image.
I mean if the CentOS 7 server is a VM on Hyper-V, you could mount the .VHDX to the VM and it would be presented to CentOS as a regular drive.
That is a bit of an odd assumption, right?
It is quite a reach... but there is a lack of background info. CentOS was mentioned, as well as VHDX. We know there's a CentOS server. We know Windows is somewhere, or there wouldn't be a VHDX. SAM is a proxy in this case, may have been just asked quick without he himself knowing the environment... could have been one of those "quick questions". Who knows.
Figured I'd throw out some kind of assumption with a possible solution if that's the case. ^_^
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@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@DustinB3403 said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@scottalanmiller said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
If you want to mount a .VHDX file on CentOS, and it's a VM, why not attach it to the VM itself and then mount it as a volume within CentOS?
Not a VM, just an image.
I mean if the CentOS 7 server is a VM on Hyper-V, you could mount the .VHDX to the VM and it would be presented to CentOS as a regular drive.
That is a bit of an odd assumption, right?
It is quite a reach... but there is a lack of background info. CentOS was mentioned, as well as VHDX. We know there's a CentOS server. We know Windows is somewhere, or there wouldn't be a VHDX. SAM is a proxy in this case, may have been just asked quick without he himself knowing the environment... could have been one of those "quick questions". Who knows.
Figured I'd throw out some kind of assumption with a possible solution if that's the case. ^_^
lol, frankly I'm amazed Scott isn't the one crusifying you for making such an assumption ;).
I made the assumption of empathy in that SW thread, he made an assumption of laziness - clash
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@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@DustinB3403 said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@scottalanmiller said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
If you want to mount a .VHDX file on CentOS, and it's a VM, why not attach it to the VM itself and then mount it as a volume within CentOS?
Not a VM, just an image.
I mean if the CentOS 7 server is a VM on Hyper-V, you could mount the .VHDX to the VM and it would be presented to CentOS as a regular drive.
That is a bit of an odd assumption, right?
It is quite a reach... but there is a lack of background info. CentOS was mentioned, as well as VHDX. We know there's a CentOS server. We know Windows is somewhere, or there wouldn't be a VHDX. SAM is a proxy in this case, may have been just asked quick without he himself knowing the environment... could have been one of those "quick questions". Who knows.
Figured I'd throw out some kind of assumption with a possible solution if that's the case. ^_^
I know that the VHDX was only a backup file created by Windows backup. I have no idea if there is any hypervisor involved.
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@Tim_G oh I know, and don't take it the wrong way.
But with the information provided I thought it was a pretty straightforward question.
"What tool is needed to mount VHDX inside of CentOS?" is how I read it.
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@DustinB3403 said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
@Tim_G oh I know, and don't take it the wrong way.
But with the information provided I thought it was a pretty straightforward question.
"What tool is needed to mount VHDX inside of CentOS?" is how I read it.
I read it exactly that way too. And since there were a few leads already, I thought perhaps if those don't pan out, I'd provide a possible different approach. Even if those assumptions don't apply, it could be helpful in another aspect to someone reading the post if maybe someone is in a similar situation that actually does have Hyper-V or a way to present a VHDX as an iSCSI device.
I suppose that in the future, I will stick to the questions word for word and never provide anything further than that. But then I expect that from everyone else as well.
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@Tim_G said in How Do You Mount a VHDX in CentOS 7:
I suppose that in the future, I will stick to the questions word for word and never provide anything further than that. But then I expect that from everyone else as well.
You don't need to expect it, I just thought that was a vast leap from what was asked.
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Did you figure this out? I know it's a pain, but if you're stuck you can convert it with qemu to raw.
qemu-img convert -f vhdx -O raw
