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In this scenario, the user installs a virtual machine running ESXi within VMware Workstation on their Windows 10 PC. The physical VMFS drive can be passed through to the nested ESXi VM (using "Raw Disk Mapping" or RDM). Once the nested ESXi host boots, it can natively read and mount the VMFS datastore. This method provides the most authentic access to the file system, allowing for advanced operations like datastore browsing through the vSphere Client interface. While resource-intensive, this is the safest way to ensure compatibility and data integrity, as it uses the actual ESXi kernel to interpret the file system rather than a third-party driver.
The driver consists of the following components: windows 10 read vmfs
In this scenario, the user installs a virtual machine running ESXi within VMware Workstation on their Windows 10 PC. The physical VMFS drive can be passed through to the nested ESXi VM (using "Raw Disk Mapping" or RDM). Once the nested ESXi host boots, it can natively read and mount the VMFS datastore. This method provides the most authentic access to the file system, allowing for advanced operations like datastore browsing through the vSphere Client interface. While resource-intensive, this is the safest way to ensure compatibility and data integrity, as it uses the actual ESXi kernel to interpret the file system rather than a third-party driver.
The driver consists of the following components: