Yes this easily gets confusing. The directory on the management node is
set under your management node configuration under install path. This
is actually stores a copy of the image. The datastore is a directory on
the ESXi and from what I understand can be a local volume or a network
resource
|22767|9:9|new|vSphere_SDK.pm:file_exists(1577)|file
does not exist: [VCL] golden
|22767|9:9|new| WARNING
|22767|9:9|new| 2011-02-11
17:14:42|22767|9:9|new|VMware.pm:initialize(285)|unable to access vmx
base directory path: [VCL]/golden
|22767|9:9|new| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
|22767|9
|22767|9:9|new|VMware.pm:initialize(285)|unable to access vmx
base directory path: [VCL]/golden
|22767|9:9|new| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
|22767|9:9|new| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 285)
|22767|9:9|new| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
|22767|9:9|new| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127