By default, you will be able to use your web browser to find and download any files by browsing datastores in the vSphere inventory. In order to disable the datastore browser you will need to edit the ‘vpxd.cfg’ file, to ensure the ‘enableHttpDatastoreAccess’ is set to false, as below: <vpxd> <enableHttpDatastoreAccess>false</enableHttpDatastoreAccess> </vpxd> Once the above configuration … More VMware: Disable Datastore Browser from vCenter