PowerPath/VE 5.7 does not load on VMware vSphere version 5.1

PowerPath/VE 5.7 and PowerPath/VE 5.7 P01 have not been qualified with vSphere 5.1. Upgrading to vSphere 5.1 may result in unpredictable behaviour.

VMware and EMC have identified a fix for this issue. For customers using PowerPath/VE, VMware recommends not upgrading to vSphere 5.1 until you perform the steps in this article.

 

Download PowerPath/VE 5.7P02 from EMCPowerLink and contact VMware Technical Support and quote KB 2034796 to obtain a hot-patch for ESXi 5.1. 

To upgrade PowerPath/VE 5.7 P02 with vSphere 5.1:

• If you have deployed vSphere 5.0 and are planning to upgrade to vSphere 5.1 and the esx.conf file includes entries longer than 512 bytes:
  
  Note: VMware Support can help you identify the length of esx.conf entries.
• 1. Upgrade PowerPath/VE 5.7 or PowerPath/VE 5.7 P01 to PowerPath/VE 5.7 P02 on vSphere 5.0.
  2. Contact VMware Support and quote KB 2034796 to obtain a hot-patch.
  3. Upgrade to vSphere 5.1 with hot-patch applied .
     
• If you have deployed vSphere 5.0 and are planning to upgrade to vSphere 5.1 and the esx.conf file does not include entries longer than 512 bytes:
  
  Note: VMware Support can help you identify the length of esx.conf entries.
  
  1. Upgrade PowerPath/VE 5.7 or PowerPath/VE 5.7 P01 to PowerPath/VE 5.7 P02 on vSphere 5.0.
  2. Contact VMware Support and quote KB 2034796 to obtain a hot-patch.
  3. Upgrade to vSphere 5.1 using the hot-patch ISO.
     
• If you already have upgraded vSphere 5.1 with PowerPath/VE 5.7 or PowerPath/VE 5.7 P01 installed:
• 1. Contact VMware Support and quote KB 2034796 to obtain a hot-patch
  2. Install the hot-patch.
  3. Download PowerPath/VE 5.7 P02 from EMC PowerLink and install it.
     
• If you are already on vSphere 5.1 with PowerPath/VE 5.7 P02:
• 1. Contact VMware Support and quote KB 2034796 to obtain a hot-patch
  2. Install the hot-patch.
     
     Note: You may need to reconfigure PowerPath/VE options.

Note: PowerPath/VE 5.7 P02 is a full package release. It can be installed on a fresh ESXi host (that is, a host with no previous version of PowerPath installed) or as an upgrade

For related information from EMC, see EMC KB emc302625.

 

For information on contacting VMware Support, see Filing a Support Request in My VMware (2006985).

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