Can you give VMs direct access to datastores?

[mosesintheflesh]

Basically, as the question says, can I give a VM direct access to datastores, rather than mount them via a something like SSH or Samba?

 

[Stux]

Basically, as the question says, can I give a VM direct access to datastores, rather than mount them via a something like SSH or Samba?

The closest is mounting them via nfs.

 

[danb35]

can I give a VM direct access to datastores

No. They'd have to be mounted via some network protocol; as @Stux says, the closest to direct access would likely be NFS.

 

[Stux]

Is it possible to cluster mount a zvol in and out of the vm?