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Changing Beacon Probing settings using the command line (1010736)

Last Updated: 3/20/2024Categories: InformationalTotal Views: 10211Language:
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Purpose

This article describes changing Beacon Probing using the command line. This changes network settings for Network Failure Detection from Link Status Only to Beacon Probing for the vSwitch, virtual machine network, and Service Console.

Resolution

In ESX 3.5 and 4.x

To set vSwitch0 to Beacon Probing, run the command:

vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/net/vswitch_setpolicy --failurecriteria-check-beacon=true vSwitch0

Or

vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/net/vswitch_setpolicy --failurecriteria-check-beacon 1 vSwitch0

Note: Setting false or 0 sets the value back to Link Status Only.

In ESXi 4.x

To set vSwitch0 to Beacon Probing, run the command:

vim-cmd hostsvc/net/vswitch_setpolicy --failurecriteria-check-beacon 1 vSwitch0

To set vSwitch0 to Link Status Only, run the command:

vim-cmd hostsvc/net/vswitch_setpolicy --failurecriteria-check-beacon 0 vSwitch0

In ESXi 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5

To set vSwitch0 to Beacon Probing, run the command:

esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover set -f beacon -v vSwitch0

To set vSwitch0 to Link Status Only, run the command:

esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover set -f link -v vSwitch0

To verify the setting changes, run the command:

esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover get -v vSwitch0

You see output similar to:

Load Balancing: srcport
Network Failure Detection: beacon <<<<<
Notify Switches: true
Failback: true
Active Adapters: vmnic1
Standby Adapters:
Unused Adapters:

Related Information

At least two adapters must be assigned to the NIC TEAM to successfully configure Beacon probing, otherwise you see an error similar to:

(vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument)
{
dynamicType = <unset>,
invalidProperty = <unset>,
msg = "A specified parameter was not correct."
}

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