John searched online for a way to mount a VMFS 6 datastore in Windows. He found that VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) is a file system used by VMware ESXi hosts to store virtual machines, and it's not natively supported by Windows. However, there were a few third-party tools and workarounds that claimed to allow mounting VMFS datastores in Windows.
Before diving in, familiarize yourself with VMFS6's structure and differences from previous versions. VMFS is a clustered file system, and version 6 brings several improvements over its predecessors. mount vmfs 6 windows