Datastore browser

Use a datastore's detail actions to browse its files or search by name. Browsing needs Datastore.Browse.

Datastore file browser

"Browse files" opens a read-only browser: nothing can be deleted, renamed, moved, uploaded or downloaded. Each folder is read when you open it.

Key	Action
Enter	Open folder or inspect file
Esc	Go up; close at root; cancel a running request
/	Filter this directory by name
f	Search recursively for a name or glob such as *.iso
y	Copy the entry's [datastore] path

A search shows progress, marks capped results incomplete, and Enter on a result opens its folder.

Inspecting a VMDK shows which VMs or templates use it; Enter jumps to one. It also shows what the latest capture recorded about the file. When that evidence is missing, old, denied or truncated, the file reads unknown-incomplete-coverage. Neither that nor a search with no match proves a file is orphaned.

An unreachable datastore cannot be browsed, and an unreadable folder shows vCenter's error instead of an empty list.

This view has not yet been checked against a real vSphere datastore; see datastore browser acceptance.