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duhaas
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iscsi mulipathing (vmknic status not used)

Trying to understand how I can get both vmkernal nics to show active:

http://monosnap.com/image/Hjr8J7ldlF9xzIZzp2SsZjUtH.png

This particular host isnt in production yet, and have gotten things to clear up by removing and readding in the past, but I'm not understanding a why it doesnt feel its being used, and two, how i can get both active without having to remove/readd.

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vmroyale
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Note: Discussion successfully moved from VMware ESXi 5 to VMware vSphere™ Storage

What is your storage solution?

Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
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duhaas
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Sorry about that, its an EMC VNXe 3150, two storage processors, four interfaces, two iscsi servers, two interfaces make up each server

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duhaas
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I have other hosts that are seeing the storage fine, and showing me my 4 paths, this particular host is just being an issue

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vmroyale
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Get the properties for one of the datastores connected to this initiator, and then use the Manage Paths button to compare the setups. I'm guessing that round robin is used on the others....

Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
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duhaas
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thanks for the thought, but as of right now, everything is just using fixed, will certainly try though since this host isnt being used yet

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MrObi
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vmkernels binded to separate nics?

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duhaas
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Yeah, I do have a single vSwitch with two vmkernel port groups created with the active/unused configuration

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