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Chapter 3 Using the VMware Management Interface
When!you!start!a!long‐running!operation—for!example,!pasting!a!file!larger!than!10MB!
after!a!copy!or!moving!it!between!logical!file!systems—a!progress!bar!appears!so!you!
can!track!the!progress!of!the!operation.
When!you!copy!and!paste!or!cut!and!paste!a!virtual!disk!file!from!the!
VMFS!file!system!
to!the!service!console’s!file!system,!or!vice!versa,!the!file!manager!uses!vmkfstools!to!
import!or!export!the!file,!translating!the!format!appropriately.!This!means!that!a!virtual!
disk!larger!than!2GB!will!split!into!multiple!files!when!it!is!moved!from!a!VMFS!disk!
or!array
!to!the!service!console’s!file!system.!
After!you!select!a!file!or!folder!and!click!Edit!Properties,!you!can!change!its!name!and!
permissions.!When!you!are!finished,!click!OK!to!apply!the!changes.
Figure 3-13. Change Name and Permissions dialog box
If!you!select!more!than!one!file!or!folder,!you!can!change!permissions!for!all!
the!files!at!
once.!Any!changes!you!make,!using!the!drop‐down!lists!in!the!file!manager,!apply!to!
all!the!files!you!have!selected.
Use!the!following!list!to!make!changes:
! A!letter,!corresponding!to!the!letter!at!the!top!of!the!column!(read,!write!or!
execute),!indicates!that!the!setting!is!the!same!for!all!files!and!it!grants!the!
permission!indicated!by!the!letter.
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OTE The!file!manager!in!the!management!interface!may!display!incorrect!information!or!no!
information!for!files!larger!than!2GB.!This!means!that!you!cannot!use!the!file!manager!
to!import!certain!virtual!disk!files!created!under!VMware!Workstation!4.!For!
background!on!vmkfstools,!see!“Using!vmkfstools”!on!page 249.