path selection

[zozomo]

on vcenter 6.0 i cant see policy selection . why we cant see path selection rr or mru policy on vcenter ? we use vmware emc vaai

we take this report with rvtools also on vcenter we cant see any path selection

Host	Cluster	Datacenter	Datastore	Disk	Display name	Policy
esxnode01.dcv.local	EMC_Cluster	EXT	EE_SSD_05	naa.60060160afc03d008d396ec17b38e611	EE_SSD_05
esxnode01.dcv.local	EMC_Cluster	EXT	EE_SSD_04	naa.60060160afc03d00057a149a7b38e611	EE_SSD_04
esxnode01.dcv.local	EMC_Cluster	EXT	AA_LUN_23	naa.60060160afc03d0097ae84db6bbde511	AA_LUN_23
esxnode01.dcv.local	EMC_Cluster	EXT	EE_SSD_02	naa.60060160afc03d0099cf2ab769bde511	EE_SSD_02
esxnode01.dcv.local	EMC_Cluster	EXT	AA_LUN_22	naa.60060160afc03d00e271c78e6bbde511	AA_LUN_22
esxnode01.dcv.local	EMC_Cluster	EXT	AA_LUN_10	naa.60060160afc03d00ce3ac72a2589e511	AA_LUN_10
esxnode01.dcv.local	EMC_Cluster	EXT	AA_LUN_09	naa.60060160afc03d00cc3ac72a2589e511	AA_LUN_09

[a_p_]

Welcome to the Community,

where are you looking for this information?

You should be able to see this for each LUN/datastore. In RVTools the path policy is shown in the "vMultipath" tab.

André

[zozomo]

yes on vMultipath" tab. is empty . Also on vcenter

[kastlr · Accepted solution]

Hi,

could it be that you're using EMC Powerpath/VE?

If so, PP/VE added it's own path selection policies to the ESXi hosts, but those aren't displayed in vCenter.

To check the policies used by PP/VE you could use the 

If so, the used path policies aren't visible in vCenter, instead you could use the PP/VE vAPP to check them.

Regards,

Ralf