Disable a Path with ESXCLI

You can temporarily disable a path with ESXCLI for maintenance or other reasons, and enable the path when you need it again.
If you are changing a path's state, the change operation fails if I/O is active when the path setting is changed. Reissue the command. You must issue at least one I/O operation before the change takes effect.
Specify one of the options listed in Connection Options for ESXCLI Host Management Commands in place of
<conn_options>
.
  1. List all devices and corresponding paths.
    esxcli <conn_options> storage core path list
    The display includes information about each path's state.
  2. Set the state of a LUN path to off.
    esxcli <conn_options> storage core path set --state off --path vmhba32:C0:T1:L0
When you are ready, set the path state to active again.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core path set --state active --path vmhba32:C0:T1:L0