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-plugins

At a minimum, this command returns NMP (Native Multipathing Plug-in) and

MASK_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 the

VMW_PSP_FIXED

policy, 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.

esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp psp fixed deviceconfig set --device naa.xxx --path vmhba3:C0:T5:L3

The command sets the preferred path to

vmhba3:C0:T5:L3

VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.7