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October 28th, 2020 15:00

VPLEX 6.2 GeoSync + ESXi + Round Robin

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I administer one VPLEX Metro infraestructure that consist of 2 Datacenter, each datacenter with one VPLEX replicating storage and 3 ESXi host, the 6 host are in the same vCenter Datacenter and all of them seen the same datastores.

Recently the VPLEX has been upgrade to 6.2 version and I have doubths about ESXi Datastore storage policy.

Now this is the configuration: VMW_SATP_INV - NMP and Fixed.

In this case, ¿it's possible to change Fixed to Round Robin?, ¿There is any configuration or best practice guide about that?


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October 30th, 2020 11:00

This is non cross connect

 

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This is cross connect

 

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October 29th, 2020 09:00

Hi,

It should be fine to switch it. https://dell.to/2HIn5Hd

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October 30th, 2020 03:00

Hi josh Thanks for your answer.
On how to modify the PSP in vmware I think I have it clear. My question arises around VPLEX in Metro environment.

I have read the Dell EMC Host Connectivity Guide doc for VMware ESXi Server but it is not clear to me if with version 6.2 Active / Active and a Unity array in each Data Center you can use Round Robin or keep Fixed Path instead.

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October 30th, 2020 09:00

Hi, since the host is looking at the VPLEX and not the Unity we are not concerned about the Unity. You can used round robin. Are you using vplex in a single datacenter or in a metro?

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October 30th, 2020 10:00

Great, I assume you are not doing cross connect were the 3 hosts in data center A to the VPLEX in data center B correct? If you are not doing this then there are no other considerations for using round robin.

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October 30th, 2020 10:00

Hi Ankur

I'm Using Metro configuration. One VPLEX with 3 esxi hosts in Data Center A and one VPLEX with another 3 ESXi in Data Center B. One vCenter - One Datacenter - Cluster with 6 hosts.

I configure a distrubed device composed of two volumes from each of the VPLEXs and present it to the 6 ESXi hosts.

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October 30th, 2020 11:00

I have the same architectura that the VPLEX Guide where the volume in Cluster-1 is exported to 6 hosts and volume of the Cluster-2 the same. I don't know if it's correct or not.

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