Apc setup in ESX production environment

[Nasty_Savage]

So...any tips? Someone mentioned putting powerchute on the vm's themselves, but that doesn't make much sense to me since the esx server would still get a hard shut down. There a way to tie into the esx server and shut down the vm's before the esx server has to power down?

 

[swatbat]

With the business versions of powerchute you can run scripts from it. Pretty much have a script setup to run a shutdown command to the vms.

 

[RiDDLeRThC]

I used scripts and programs found here to kick off the shutdownn of the esx server, this in turn shuts down the vm's cleanly.

 

[SpaceHonkey]

There used to be a free version that does work for ESX3, but the new version is pay only (per host).

 

[simm0]

We use an open source utility called apcupsd to manage the UPS. It's installed in one machine connected to the UPS and a second vMA machine. In the event of a power outage the two apcupsd daemons communicate and the one in vMA runs a script against ESXi kicking off a shutdown of the VM's and then the host.

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11623