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Published inMar 2019

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Storage path selection plugins

Mutlipathing allows more than one physical path to be used to transfer data between the ESXi hosts and the storage array. In the event of a failure in a storage path, the host or hosts can switch to another available path. Multipathing also provides load balancing by distributing the storage IO across multiple physical paths.

How to do it...

To determine the multipathing policy, perform the following steps:

Identify the different native multipathing policies available and the capabilities of each policy.
Select a multipathing policy based on the number of paths and the array type used.
Change the default multipathing policy using the esxcli command.
Configure the multipathing policy on the storage...

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Mike Brown

Mike Brown is an army veteran and full-stack data center engineer with over 10 years in IT, with the cage nut scars to prove it. Mike has held many positions in IT, from helpdesk to systems administrator to engineer and consultant. His technical achievements include VCIX6-DCV and other VMware, Cisco, NetApp, and Microsoft certifications.
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Hersey Cartwright

Hersey Cartwright has worked in the technology industry since 1996 in many roles, from help desk support to IT management. He first started working with VMware technologies in 2006. He is currently a Solutions Engineer for VMware, where he designs, sells, and supports VMware software-defined datacenter products in enterprise environments within the healthcare industry. He has experience working with a wide variety of server, storage, and network platforms.
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