Hi , we are having a weird problem with out HP SAN Setup with our VMware hosts , we have our san connected via 2 controllers ( A and B ) into each VMWare host.
Controller A port 1 goes to vmware hostA
Controller B port 1 goes to vmware hostA
Controller A port 2 goes to vmware hostB
Controller B port 2 goes to vmware hostB
Controller A port 3 goes to vmware hostC
Controller B port 3 goes to vmware hostC
when we fail over 1 controller on the SAN ( by rebooting the controller ) , it causes the vmware host to completely lose connection to our storage instead of failing over to the connection on the other controller on the SAN and we can only get it back by rebooting the vmware host causing downtime.
Our vmware configuration is shown in the attached screenshots.
thanks in advance and kind regards
output of ( esxcfg-mpath --list )
~ # esxcfg-mpath --list
- usb.vmhba32-usb.0:0-mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Runtime Name: vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Device: mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
Adapter: vmhba32 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: usb.vmhba32
Target Identifier: usb.0:0
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: usb
- sata.vmhba0-sata.0:0-mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
Device: mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local hp CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0)
Adapter: vmhba0 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: sata.vmhba0
Target Identifier: sata.0:0
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: sata
- sas.500605b0045cce00-sas.500c0ff135bcc000-naa.600c0ff00013989d0000000000000000
Runtime Name: vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
Device: naa.600c0ff00013989d0000000000000000
Device Display Name: HP Serial Attached SCSI Enclosure Svc Dev (naa.600c0ff00013989d0000000000000000)
Adapter: vmhba2 Channel: 0 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: sas.500605b0045cce00
Target Identifier: sas.500c0ff135bcc000
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: sas
Adapter Transport Details: 500605b0045cce00
Target Transport Details: 500c0ff135bcc000
- sas.500605b0045cce00-sas.500c0ff135bcc000-naa.600c0ff00013989dc2164e4f01000000
Runtime Name: vmhba2:C0:T1:L1
Device: naa.600c0ff00013989dc2164e4f01000000
Device Display Name: HP Serial Attached SCSI Disk (naa.600c0ff00013989dc2164e4f01000000)
Adapter: vmhba2 Channel: 0 Target: 1 LUN: 1
Adapter Identifier: sas.500605b0045cce00
Target Identifier: sas.500c0ff135bcc000
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: sas
Adapter Transport Details: 500605b0045cce00
Target Transport Details: 500c0ff135bcc000
- sas.500605b0045cce00-sas.500c0ff135bcc400-naa.600c0ff0001395430000000000000000
Runtime Name: vmhba2:C0:T0:L0
Device: naa.600c0ff0001395430000000000000000
Device Display Name: HP Serial Attached SCSI Enclosure Svc Dev (naa.600c0ff0001395430000000000000000)
Adapter: vmhba2 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: sas.500605b0045cce00
Target Identifier: sas.500c0ff135bcc400
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: sas
Adapter Transport Details: 500605b0045cce00
Target Transport Details: 500c0ff135bcc400
- sas.500605b0045cce00-sas.500c0ff135bcc400-naa.600c0ff00013989dc2164e4f01000000
Runtime Name: vmhba2:C0:T0:L1
Device: naa.600c0ff00013989dc2164e4f01000000
Device Display Name: HP Serial Attached SCSI Disk (naa.600c0ff00013989dc2164e4f01000000)
Adapter: vmhba2 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 1
Adapter Identifier: sas.500605b0045cce00
Target Identifier: sas.500c0ff135bcc400
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: sas
Adapter Transport Details: 500605b0045cce00
Target Transport Details: 500c0ff135bcc400
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