I want to install Command View to manage a HP EVA 4000 and VCB with esxRanger pro on the same management server.
To use Command View i need multipathing software, but VCB does not work when the multipathing software is installed.
Does anyone solved this issue? And would like to share the solution?
Hi there,
The latest release of VCB (1.02) supports multipathing software.
I have installed this on our EVA Management server and haven't encountered any issues yet.
Regards,
Andrew
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It should be fine providing you only single path to the VMFS LUNs.
I don't have the snap-in in front of me, but I remember it being fairly easy in the GUI to set this per LUN.
Dave
I think it's the "Preferred Path/Mode" option where you pick your controller and failover/failback policy.
adam
Hi there,
The latest release of VCB (1.02) supports multipathing software.
I have installed this on our EVA Management server and haven't encountered any issues yet.
Regards,
Andrew
Message was edited by: AndrewR to Fix Typo
That is correct - the latest version of VCB supports multipathing. I am using it without issue with CV-EVA 6.x
Dave
To use Command View i need multipathing software
That is not correct.
CV talks to the controller LUNs (at address 0) and can do a failover on its own.
The controller LUNs are not even filtered by Secure Path or MPIO.
Sorry, I should clarify. I have a W2K3 server running MPIO. It also runs CV-EVA, VCB and Netbackup. So, although MPIO is not required for CV-EVA, it was needed for Netbackup for backup to disk apps.
If you are saying that VCB does not support MPIO, the latest DOES support MPIO.
Dave
So to correctly present a lun to the windows box you just take the existing presented VMFS volume that is presented to 3 ESX servers and present it as LUN whatever number to the Windows box?
So from the 7 LUNS go to Presentation tab and in Present it to:
Esx1
Esx2
Esx3
Windows1
My current setup for info:
Virtual Center 2.1
ESX 3.5 up1 on 3x HP DL460c G1 16gb
EVA4100_1
20 Windows 2003 Ent VM's