Mount Vmfs 5 Windows [ SIMPLE ]
: For simple file extraction, the NAKIVO guide mentions that while Windows native support is limited, tools like the Free VMFS Reader can sometimes browse and extract files from healthy datastores. 2. The Nested ESXi Workaround
VMFS5 is a proprietary file system. Unlike NTFS or FAT32, Microsoft Windows does not natively possess the drivers required to read or mount VMFS partitions. If a VMFS5 drive is connected to a standard Windows machine, it will appear in Disk Management as "Unknown" or "Unallocated," and the OS will prompt the user to initialize the disk. mount vmfs 5 windows
Before attempting to mount a VMFS5 volume on Windows, the following conditions must be met: : For simple file extraction, the NAKIVO guide
If you look for those informations from Cache/IRIS then a good starting point is:
Advantage: you get the same (output) format on Linux and Windows
Thanks Julius! this is very helpful with "Solution 1:" :)