A file on a Windows VM hosted on vSphere is corrupted and must be restored.

According to the Veeam Backup & Replication user guide1, you can use the File Level Restore wizard to restore files and folders from VM guest OSes that run Windows2. The wizard allows you to choose how to access the VM guest OS: through network or through VIX2VIX is a VMware API that enables programmatic access to virtual machine operations3.

Therefore, if you want to restore a file on a Windows VM hosted on vSphere and the mount server cannot connect to the VM through the network, you can use VIX as an alternative method of access2. This will allow you to restore the file directly to its original location without downloading it locally or starting an Instant VM Recovery session.