Shutdown/Startup during power outage

[ITMgrWynne]

Are there any special recommendations for VM settings to deal with power outages? We have our 2 Cisco rack servers plugged into battery UPS, however, I thought there were some settings on Shutdown Process for power outages. We run VMware ESXi 6.7. Any info or help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Alex_Romeo]

Hi,

Usually the UPS has software that integrates with the vCenter \ Esxi. Using a script it is possible to manage the shutdown of the virtual machines and Esxi hosts at a certain percentage from the exhaustion of the battery life.

I handled the same thing with ABB software

ARomeo

[ITMgrWynne]

AlessandroRomeo68​

Thanks! So is there an area in vSphere Web Client that I can adjust these settings on the VMs?

[nachogonzalez · Accepted solution]

Which is the brand of you UPS?

For example APC PowerChute works very well on ESXI
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[Alex_Romeo]

You need to ask the UPS supplier.

The one I installed included an additional network card connected to the UPS to network the UPS. Subsequently, a virtual appliance was provided which was installed on Esxi, to manage the scheduling of the entire virtual infrastructure.

This explanation comes a little out of the arguments of this community.

What UPS do you have, ask the UPS support who will be able to give you instructions on how to proceed.

ARomeo

[ITMgrWynne]

nachogonzalez​

Thank you! I am going to install PowerChute on the Host and use that.