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On 12/13/2013 10:56 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> Hello all, |
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> I have a network accessible UPS (Powerware 9150 with the network option |
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> installed), so am looking for tips on how to properly configure a gentoo |
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> VM running on ESXi to initiate a safe shutdown during an extended power |
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> outage via this network card. |
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I have an APC UPS and am currently going through this myself. (ESXi 5.1, |
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but I don't believe that matters.) |
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Generally the proper way to do this is have the monitoring tools |
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installed on a vMA VM monitoring the host. It doesn't look like |
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Powerware has anything to work directly with vMA VM. APC does have this |
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tool. It appears it tells the host to shut down the VMs running then the |
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host itself. This does require that the Power Off method on VMs are set |
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to 'Guest shutdown' and that vmware-tools is running on all virtual |
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machines, and that the Virtual Machine startup/shutdown sequence is |
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enabled and configured. |
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> Looks like nut has full support for this UPS, so hopefully it won't be |
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> too difficult... |
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It looks like it has full USB support but experimental snmp support. It |
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may not work at all. |
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> The host is a Dell R515, which does have an iDRAC6 Enterprise card in |
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> it, but I'm not sure if I can utilize the BCM to talk to guest VMs |
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> running under ESXi? |
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From what I've read that card is like a remote console, so I don't think |
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it can be used in that manner. |
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> Would appreciate any suggestions... |
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I haven't tried this myself, but if you can get the Gentoo VM to listen |
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to the UPS via snmp you may be able to enable ssh on the host itself and |
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send the host a halt command to shut down (there are security risks |
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leaving ssh running on the host!) and not actually doing anything on the |
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local VM at all, and letting the host shut the system down. This still |
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requires the Power Off methods are set & Virtual Machine |
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startup/shutdown sequence enabled and configured and vmware-tools are |
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installed on all virtual machines. If you don't install vmware-tools on |
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everything it's possible those VMs will not shut down properly and |
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possibly get corrupted. |
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You can test it with no VMs running at first (well, except the one |
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monitoring the UPS, make sure you have a backup) to make sure the host |
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shuts down, if that works, test it with a few running. Just make sure |
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you have backups of your virtual machines! |
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Dan |
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