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November 7th, 2013 07:00
Help implementing windows 2003 native mpio
working at a customer where they have not bought powerpath. they want to use native multipathing. windows native multipathing worked well for windows 2008 server. but getting issues for 2003.
how to implement native mpio in windows?
array is vmax 20k
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Sam Claret
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November 7th, 2013 07:00
There is no native multipathing in Windows 2003.
MPIO requires a third party DSM (EMC PowerPath) to work in Windows 2003
apethe
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November 7th, 2013 07:00
the servers have 2 hba's. powerpath will not work for optimal failover and load balancing without licence.
anand2405
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November 7th, 2013 07:00
I dont think we have a native MPIO DSM in windows 2003. 2003 always needed a third party DSM to be installed for multipathing.
What I did for my customer was install the Powerpath basic for him to do the multipathing.
Anand Baghel.
anand2405
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November 7th, 2013 07:00
you are correct, basic powerpath will not be an optimal solution here, but we do not have a lot of choice. you can consider upgrading to windows 2008 if possible.
Anand.
Fenglin1
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November 7th, 2013 21:00
Windows Native MPIO starts from Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2. it's not available in Win 2003. I also recommend you upgrade your OS or using PowerPath
Sam Claret
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November 8th, 2013 02:00
Since PowerPath version 4.6.1 PowerPath has used the Microsoft MPIO subsystem for multipathing on all versions of Windows (2003 and up)
undertaker98
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November 8th, 2013 02:00
EMC doesn`t have MPIO DSM for Windows 2003, you can use PowerPath with license or without license with limited functionality. But if you use iSCSI connection to VMAX, you can use native MPIO in Windows iSCSI Initiator.