Change the Path Policy
with vicfg-mpath
You can change the
path policy with
vicfg-mpath
.
Verify that you are familiar
with the supported path policies. See
Managing Path Policies.
Specify one of the options
listed in
Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands
in place of
<conn_options>
.
- List all multipathing plugins loaded into the system.vicfg-mpath <conn_options> --list-pluginsAt a minimum, this command returns NMP (Native Multipathing Plug-in) andMASK_PATH. If other MPP plug-ins have been loaded, they are listed as well.
- Set the path policy by using ESXCLI.esxcli <conn_options> nmp device set --device naa.xxx --psp VMW_PSP_RR
- If you specified theVMW_PSP_FIXEDpolicy, you must make sure the preferred path is set correctly.
- Check which path is the preferred path for a device.esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp psp fixed deviceconfig get -d naa.xxxx
- If necessary, change the preferred path.
The command sets the preferred path toesxcli <conn_options> storage nmp psp fixed deviceconfig set --device naa.xxx --path vmhba3:C0:T5:L3vmhba3:C0:T5:L3.