Vmware auto shutdown when on battery??????

[*JimmyJ*]

Hi guy,
What is the best solution of trying to achieve a "clean shutdown" of the virtual machine then the host should they start to run on battery or should the battery levels down below 10%? I have 3 hosts running in as a datacentre with 23 virtual machine with a mixture of Windows Server 2003, 2008. Currently using APC UPS.

 

[cava83]

Jimmy, do you need them in a specific order?

Normally people tend to use power chute in order to initiate the shutdown request, but I am not sure if you can do it on a specific order.

There are a couple of threads on Spiceworks. http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/38495-ups-and-esxi-server?page=2

But the shutdown request is normally initiated if outside power isn't powering the UPS, not on a percentage value. At least that I know of.

Thanks,

G.

 

[KDF]

I do it by running an agent on the VM's, the host controls the order the guests are shut down based on battery percentage remaining.

eg. at 30 minutes left, shut down VM's 1 + 2, at 25 minutes shut down VM's 3+4 etc.

I am using LanSafe.

 

[dk]

APC should be able to do this, think they use an appliance to do it now with esxi

Edit, here you go, uses a vma

http://nam-en.apc.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11398/kw/powerchute 3.0 esx/session/L3RpbWUvMTMxMTc3NTc5MC9zaWQvQTdEY3QxQWs%3D

 

[dk]

That links being gay as it has spaces, try this one, then the second link is for the vma

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mi...nguage=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007036

 

[cava83]

I love this forum.

 

[*JimmyJ*]

Gabi_cavaller, dk and KDF thank you. Love this forum as well great knowledge here. Going to get out LanSafe, never heard of it.