[Discuss] Virtualbox/VMWare Workastation question - shares

[Tony Koker]

Hi,

   I've been using Virtualbox for quite some time and have tried all kinds
of experiments and tests.

   I'm mostly Linux (and mostly Ubuntu), but have successfully shared out
from a client OS Samba to Windows and NFS to Linux using bridged networking.

   I'm not aware of any Virtualbox feature or function that provide this
kind of sharing, client to host.

   I've actually had an issue with host shares into a client, using the
additions feature, and have subsequently stopped using it. When endeavoring
to motion a VM from host to host, host shares into clients have been a
blocking issue (causes motion attempt to fail). I've resorted to using NFS
to provide access by client of host system shares, too, to allow the motion
to work.

Tony Koker


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> To create a shared directory using Virtualbox Guest Additions and the
> VMware equivalent, you set up virtualbox to point to a directory on the
> host system that would be shared with 1 or more guests.
>
> In a case I have, we need to share 1 or more directories from a gust OS
> with the Windows Host OS. Is there a mechanism for the guest OS to share
> one or more of its directories with the Host OS. With a Linux guest, the
> only way that I could do this is to use Samba (or NFS) to export to the
> Host OS. (Also assuming you have chosen the correct network scheme for the
> guest os). In a specific case we are using bridged,
>
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