Parent Disk - File Share - VM Placement

Hi, I did some testing with Cluster and File Share (with Parent Disk). I figured that the Parent Disk will be placed on the File Share a not on the Cluster Shared Volume.
I'm now trying to do it with hosts who are not clustered.
I went to the Fabic in VMM and added a provider (my file share server). I then created a Share on this server using the VMM Wizard.
I added the File Share to my host in the Properties/Storage and double-checked the Placement Paths.
In the "Default virtual machine paths to be used during virtual machine placement," I have all my local storage (e:\vms, f:\vms, g:\vms, h:\vms, ...)
In the "Default parent disk paths to be used for the virtual machines," I have my \\server.domain\share
When I create a new VM from a Template with "Differencing disk," the Wizard is creating the VM on the \\server.domain\share instead then on a "placement path" from my local storage...
Furthermore, the parent VHD is being copied on the first "local" drive, E:\vms\...
1- How to set the path for the Parent disks... I want to force all parent disks to be on the file share.
2- How can I set so VMM never create VMs on the File Share! Only on the local paths?
Thanks!
Tommy

Hi Tommy,
FYI, differencing disks are not supported for Production environments, the only possible usage would be for a VDI setup.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720381(v=WS.10).aspx
I believe that you would need to change your "default virtual machine" paths to point towards the file-share
ps: Is your file server configured as SOFS for application data?
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