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On 01/16/2014 01:35 PM, Jarry wrote: |
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> BTW if all you want is safe shutdown, it can be done even without |
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> vm-tools (which I personally do not like at all). In vSphere-client |
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> I have "suspend" instead of shutdown (current state with memory |
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> snapshot is saved), from ESXi you'd have to play a little with |
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> /sbin/shutdown.sh script (i.e. with ssh/keys to log into all VM |
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> and shut them down), and for power-interruption you can use NUT |
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> (which I find better than apcupsd or PowerChute, because there is |
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> native NUT-client for ESXi)... |
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> apart from apcupsd |
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> you can use NUT (which I find better, there is native ESXi-client). |
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> Jarry |
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I did some testing a while back, suspending took significantly longer |
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than just shutting down the VMs. In my case I needed the Guest Shutdown |
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to work. |
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I don't run any UPS monitoring software on any VMs, I use the vMA |
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appliance with the APC PCNS software to signal the host of a failure. |
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The host then shuts down the VMs then powers down itself. |
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Dan |
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