Powerpath patch

If you are using the vApp appliance, SSH into it and the steps are very simple:. After registering your hosts, you can check them via. You can of course do this via the vSphere client now too, the regular one that is, not the horrible web version.

If everything looks good, go ahead and turn lockdown mode back on on your host for security and move on to the next host. My rant below is about this final step just FYI. So you probably run your ESXi hosts in lockdown mode for security right? That would not be a huge deal since how often do you really need to mess with the PowerPath licenses on your hosts?

Just take them out of lock down mode when you need to do something. I actually had a version 1. The upgrade is super easy; extract the ISO, stick it on a datastore your vApp has access to, map a cdrom drive to it.

You should be able to move along to the next section now too. After registering your hosts, you can check them via Should be good to go now. I had the version 5. Okay, so click the name of the Update Manager server along your left under Servers. Click it and feed it your nice PowerPath zip file:. Okay, now, before you go any further, when I did this, the new PowerPath 6.

Now in my case, this resulted in a baseline with patches, where the built-in one has The reason for this is it caused the four available Cisco Nexus V patches to be left out. If you have other third party software installed, make sure you account for it with its own baselines as needed.

Okay, with that all fixed up, now go to one of your hosts. If you had a previous PowerPath baseline attached to it, detach that and attach the new one. Increase Performance and scalability in physical and virtual environment. Define failover and recovery rules in the event of component failures or user errors. Required Disk Space. PowerPath Intelligent Multipathing Software. Full Specs. Data Sheet. Request a Quote. Top 10 Reasons to Deploy PowerPath. Download Software Trial.