Determine which number is assigned to your disk with the VMFS datastore (for example, **index 1 - Disk1**). (For example *C:\VMFS*)Ĥ) In Windows Command Prompt (CMD), go to the directory where you have extracted the Open Source VMFS driver and run **fvmfs.jar** which is a Java application:ĥ) Right click **My Computer** > **Manage** to open **Computer Management** in Windows. ![]() However, if you need to mount VMFS in Windows and the file system is VMFS 3, you can use the Open Source VMFS driver written on Java:ġ) Connect a disk(s) with a VMFS datastore to your Windows computer.Ģ) Download the Open Source VMFS driver by using the link:ģ) Extract the files from the downloaded **fvmfs_r95_dist.zip** archive to a custom directory. The ability to mount VMFS in Windows is limited because you can only mount VMFS 3 which is outdated and no longer used in modern vSphere (7.0) environments. Using non-raid disks in production environments is not recommended. **Note**: RAID 1 and RAID 10 are the most reliable options, but RAID 1 is the easiest to recover. This means that you should install the drivers on the Linux machine to detect the RAID volume with the attached disks. However, if you use RAID 10, RAID 0 or other array types, you need to have an identical RAID controller. If you use separate SCSI or SAS disk drives independently or in a RAID 1 configuration as directly attached storage, you can attach them to another machine with a SAS controller installed without additional configuration. ![]() You can also mount VMFS on Windows but this is limited to VMFS 3, which is outdated and no longer used in modern vSphere environments. In such cases, you might need to mount a VMware VMFS file system on another ESXI server or on a Linux machine to copy VM data during disaster recovery. Hardware failures like a broken motherboard on an ESXi server or a damaged storage controller happen unexpectedly.
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