PowerPath alert "PowerPath: failed to get hostname"
Summary: "ALERT:PowerPath:Failed to get host name" messages observed in ESXi vmkernel log
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Symptoms
With PowerPath V/E 6.4 or PowerPath V/E 6.3 installed, below messages observed in vmkernel.log
2019-01-03T01:54:19.900Z cpu45:33721)ALERT: PowerPath:Failed to get host name 2019-01-03T01:55:19.899Z cpu45:33721)ALERT: PowerPath:Failed to get host name 2019-01-03T01:56:19.900Z cpu45:33721)ALERT: PowerPath:Failed to get host name 2019-01-03T01:57:19.900Z cpu45:33721)ALERT: PowerPath:Failed to get host name 2019-01-03T01:58:19.900Z cpu45:33721)ALERT: PowerPath:Failed to get host name
Cause
This issue is because of the long host names- Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) that customer is using.
Resolution
None. Fix for this long host name issue will be available in next PP/VE major release (6.5). This won't lead to any impact of PowerPath Failover or IO load balancing features.
Affected Products
PowerPath/VE for VMwareProducts
PowerPath/VE for VMwareArticle Properties
Article Number: 000168093
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2025
Version: 3
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