If you have a cluster node that is accessing a data LIF with an indirect data path, you can change the path to one that is direct. Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere provides information about the paths; however, the task of moving the path must be performed by a storage administrator using either the storage system console or a NetApp tool such as System Manager.
Only a storage administrator should change the path.
The need to change paths only occurs when your clustered Data ONTAP configuration has an NFS datastore using a remote data LIF that is bound to a different physical node than the one that owns the exported FlexVol.