Sharing Directories between Hardware Node and Virtual Machines

The Shared Folders functionality allows you to share files and folders between the physical server and virtual machines. When you share a folder with a virtual machine, this folder and all its files become visible in the virtual machine and can be accessed by users of this virtual machine. The ownership and permissions of the shared folder and files depend on the sharing options set in your system. In general, you have the following options for sharing folders and files:

• Sharing folders with ownership of a virtual machine user.
• Mounting shared folders as a specific user.
• Sharing folders with ownership of a user on the physical server.

All options are described in the following sections in detail.

Notes:

1. Shared folders are not a POSIX-compliant file system and are designed just for sharing files and folders.

2. For the Shared Folders functionality to work, guest tools must be installed in a virtual machine.