Changes in the output of the esxcfg-mpath.pl command in vSphere 6.0 release

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

The output of the command that lists paths in the plug store inventory for vSphere 5.5 is different from that for the vSphere 6.0 release.

If you run the esxcfg-mpath.pl -l command on an ESXi 5.5 or earlier host, the data that is displayed looks similar to the following output:

iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:54f3b79e-aec3-72f3-2abe-005056951007-28ef8479-00023d000001,iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-1cb196-f2dcd8c35-235eb846eed512aa-test01,t,1-naa.6019cb51c3d8dcf2aa12d5ee46b85e23
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C0:T0:L0
Device: naa.6019cb51c3d8dcf2aa12d5ee46b85e23
Device Display Name: EQLOGIC iSCSI Disk (naa.6019cb51c3d8dcf2aa12d5ee46b85e23)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:54f3b79e-aec3-72f3-2abe-005056951007-28ef8479
Target Identifier: 00023d000001,iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-1cb196-f2dcd8c35-235eb846eed512aa-test01,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:54f3b79e-aec3-72f3-2abe-005056951007-28ef8479
Target Transport Details: IQN=iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-1cb196-f2dcd8c35-235eb846eed512aa-test01 Alias= Session=00023d000001 PortalTag=1

Devices on hosts that run ESXi 5.5 and earlier are displayed with a Unique LUN Identifier.


If you run the esxcfg-mpath.pl -l command on an ESXi 6.0 or later host, the data that is displayed looks similar to the following output:


vmhba35:C0:T0:L0
Runtime Name: vmhba35:C0:T0:L0
Device: vmhba35:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name:
Adapter: vmhba35 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:gnr-4a1dbe46
Target Identifier: vmhba35:C0:T0:L0,iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-1cb196-669cd8c35-e93eb846f1951373-oscar02,t,
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:gnr-4a1dbe46
Target Transport Details: IQN=iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-1cb196-669cd8c35-e93eb846f1951373-oscar02 Alias= Session=vmhba35:C0:T0:L0 PortalTag=

Devices on hosts that run ESXi 6.0 and later are displayed in the following format: vmhba##:C#:T#:L#




For more information on what is a Unique LUN Identifier or what the format vmhba##:C#:T#:L# means, see vSphere Storage guide.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0

Resolution

No solution is available or required. This is a design change in vSphere 6.0.

If you use the vCLI package (VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface) to create scripts, you might need to update your scripts to the new output.

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日本語: vSphere 6.0 における esxcfg-mpath.pl コマンドの出力内容の変更について (2111113)