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Procedure
1 Navigate to the datastore.
2 Click the Configure tab.
3 Click Connectivity and Multipathing.
4 Select a host to view multipathing details for its devices.
5 Under Multipathing Policies, review the module that owns the device, such as NMP. You can also see
the Path Selection Policy and Storage Array Type Policy assigned to the device.
For example, you might see the following:
Path Selection Policy Preferred Path
Storage Array Type Policy VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Owner Plugin NMP
6 Under Paths, review the device paths and the status of each path. The following path status
information can appear:
Status Description
Active (I/O) Working path or multiple paths that currently transfer data.
Standby Paths that are inactive. If the active path fails, they can become operational and
start transferring I/O.
Disabled Paths that are disabled by the administrator.
Dead Paths that are no longer available for processing I/O. A physical medium failure or
array misconfiguration can cause this status.
If you are using the Fixed path policy, you can see which path is the preferred path. The preferred
path is marked with an asterisk (*) in the Preferred column.
Change the Path Selection Policy
Generally, you do not need to change the default multipathing settings your host uses for a specific
storage device. If you want to make any changes, you can use the Edit Multipathing Policies dialog box
to modify a path selection policy. You can also use this dialog box to change multipathing for SCSI-based
protocol endpoints.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the host.
2 Click the Configure tab.
3 Under Storage, click Storage Devices or Protocol Endpoints.
4 Select the item whose paths you want to change and click the Properties tab.
5 Under Multipathing Policies, click Edit Multipathing.
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