VMM2008 SSP - Shared ISOs

We have noticed that when Self Service Portal users are trying to alter the properties of one of their VMs, they have an option to mount an ISO. Down at the bottom of the options is a tick box which says "SHARE" rather than copy.

Normally if you mount an ISO, the ISO file will be copied into a subfolder of the VM before it is mounted. For a 4Gb ISO files (such as SuseLinux) this can take several minutes. So the obvious advantage of using the SHARE option is that it just uses the original ISO rather than creating a copy.

However....there is a catch. The option isnt available if your host if a Hyper-V server. I have logged this with MS via Technet; http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/showpost.aspx?postid=4167342&siteid=17

It seems to be a known issue, but as yet they havent given a resolution date.

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