Multi-pathing in 2016 Server with HP6000
Multi-pathing in 2016 Server with HP6000 I came across a situation today where the software vendor recommend Server 2016 for one of their software upgrade projects. As the SysAdmin I had to setup the storage fabric. After getting the SAN zone configured on the Nexus 5K's and presented a test lun from the HP6000 array to the new 2016 server. Once this was done, the server seen 8 drives of the same size. OK, no biggie I just gotta grab the HPE MPIO DSM Manager software and away we will go. However, I quickly discovered that there is no software developed for 2016, nor is 2016 on the compatibility list. So I was able to take my first adventure down the path of Windows 2016's native MPIO software. I realize the mpclaim.exe software came out much earlier but this was the first time I've had to personally use it. So to get the system to multipath, I found that it was pretty simple with this tool. First see if the system detects that a multipath device can be found.