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PowerPath/VE 5.9 reporting it's not working, but is it?
I've got a vCenter 5.5 build 1378903 install and a host I just upgraded to 5.5 build 1331820. I did the upgrade by putting it in maintenance mode, detaching my PowerPath/VE 5.8 extension group from the host, attaching my new PowerPath/VE 5.9 group to the host, disabled lockdown, applied all outstanding ESXi 5.1 patches and reboot, applied the PowerPath/VE 5.9 patches and reboot. I used 'rpowermt check_registration' to verify it was okay and it seems to think it is.
However, having not taken it out of maintenance mode yet for fear something is wrong, I checked the EMC VSI tab in my vSphere Client and it reports this at the top of the screen in a bright color:
The PowerPath/VE service is not managing any LUNs on this host.
If I use 'rpowermt host=192.0.2.1 display dev=all' it seems to think things are working:
Pseudo name=emcpower1
VNX ID=1234 [LUN1]
Standard UID=naa.1234 [BLOCK_LUN_20]
state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; queued-IOs=0
Owner: default=SP A, current=SP A Array failover mode: 4
==============================================================================
--------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path -- -- Stats ---
### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors
==============================================================================
1 vmhba32 C1:T6:L0 SP B4 active alive 0 0
1 vmhba32 C0:T7:L0 SP B5 active alive 0 0
1 vmhba32 C1:T4:L0 SP A4 active alive 0 0
1 vmhba32 C0:T5:L0 SP A5 active alive 0 0
I would assume the output would have been empty if PowerPath was not actually managing I/O to that LUN?
On the Configuration tab, Storage, 'Devices' button, pick one; in the lower window "Device Details" it shows owner as PowerPath.
My other PowerPath/VE 5.8 hosts on the EMC VSI tab continue to state "Found PowerPath/VE version 5.8 (build342) installed on this ESX host..."
I dont want to take it out of maintenance mode and risk live guests moving back to it if something is actually wrong with PowerPath. Anything else I can check?
Butch777
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November 26th, 2013 10:00
Hi - please go ahead and open a Service Request (SR). It may be an issue with the VSI plug-in,
Bob Lonadier
PowerPath Product Manager
colohost
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November 26th, 2013 13:00
Thanks; support got it figured out. Still had RTOOLS 5.8 installed, after updating to 5.9 now it reports "Found PowerPath/VE (build 160) installed on this ESX host"
Swapnil_Pandey
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December 6th, 2013 04:00
Hi, I have some issue with the PowerPath 5.9, not being visible in my VSI. I installed EMC VSI on my vcenter server.
I am able to discover my VNX, and able to see the details properly. When i open the EMC VSI tab, i see the PowerPath 5.9 message in green higlighted. As soon as i click any host or VM, the message changes to PowerPath 5.9 is unlicensed. It should not show that, as we have it licensed. Is there something i need to install or do. We do not have RTOOLS installed does this matters? Please suggest...
Y1Udba1GsO12085
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December 6th, 2013 05:00
Hi,
Yes, you need to have RTOOLS installed. From the VSI Path Management Version 5.5 Product Guide:
For the Path Management feature to work with PowerPath/VE, the PowerPath/VE Remote Tools must be installed on the client where VSI is running. The Path Management feature requires RTOOLS version 5.7.b173 or later.
Regards
Javier Soriano
PowerPath Corporate Systems Engineer
Swapnil_Pandey
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December 8th, 2013 22:00
Thanks alot for your response... One last thing can you please help me out with.
Where can i download this tool from? Is it available on powerlink or VMWare site or in some of the DVD with powerpath....
Thanks in advance...
Y1Udba1GsO12085
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December 9th, 2013 07:00
You can go to support.emc.com to download it.
Regards