larjia
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can I shutdown vcenter, ESXI host and other VM by vsphere web client?

Hi all,

I met a big problem and need help. Our company will get a power outage. So we need to shutdown our server. Our server is on vSphere.

After I logged into the vSphere web client, I can get the structure like below:

- DataCenter

  - ESXi Host 01               (esxi host)

  - ESXi Host 02              (esxi host)

  - VM01                          (virtual machine)

  - VM02                          (virtual machine)

  - AD01                          (virtual machine)

  - AD02                          (virtual machine)

  - vCenter Server           (virtual machine)

we have 2 exsi host (2 IBM servers) as well as other virtual machines. Virtual machines are in the same level as esxi hosts. The vCenter server is also one virtual machine.

My question is can I shutdown all those VMs, including the vCenter server, and then shutdown the ESXi Hosts? My concern is that whether the web client is still working after I shutdown the vCenter Server VM?

I thougt vSphere web client will not working until vCenter Server is on. If this is true, then what is the correct way to shutdown the whole system?

Thanks a lot in advance.

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msripada
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You got it right.. VCenter should be up for webclient.

Correct process would be, you can shutdown VM1 and VM2 from vCenter webclient.

Connect to the ESXi host directly and shutdown AD machines and vCenter server from ESXi host.

Once all the VMs are off completely.. you can shutdown the ESXi hosts.

Thanks,

MS

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