how to shutdown the VMware ESXi host by vSphere Management Assistant(vMA 4.0)

[jonesliu]

I am sorry, The VMware ESXi is completely strange to me

I want to run a script to stop the guest OS firtly, then shutdown the vmware host

vSphere Management Assistant(vMA 4.0) installed as guest.

Input the command : sudo vifp addserver ,, eg: sudo vifp addserver 172.18.127.11

172.18.127.11 is the IP of VMware ESXi host

what should I do next??

how to stop the guest os first? how to stop the vmware host then??

[lamw]

If you're new to VMware ESXi and vMA, you'll want to go over the [vMA documentation|http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/ as it details in how to use vi-fastpass and integration with vCLI commands

The assumption is that you're using a licensed version of ESXi as the free version is not supported with write operations ( more info http://vmetc.com/2009/03/31/esxi-u4-ends-free-version-read-and-write-access-from-the-rcli/ )

This script may also be useful if you're using paid version of ESXi:

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[jonesliu]

Thank you very much