PCNS 4.1 not shutting down ESXI host.

[Anonymous user]

I'm replacing my old ESXi 5.5 server, so I decided to use ESXi 6 (Free) and PCNS 4.1. As I'm running the free ESXi, I know that PCNS can't directly shut down ESXi, but a script can. In the past, this has worked great, but with PCNS 4.1, it appears it's not running the script. Running the script manually shuts down ESXi fine. I followed the instructions at this website : http://blog.rebelit.net/295

Is there something different I need to do to get PCNS 4.1 to run a script?

EDIT: After some more research, it appears the latestPCNS no longer uses /opt/APC/PowerChute/group1/bin/shutdown. I edited the pcnsconfig.ini like this:

shutdownCommand = /opt/APC/PowerChute/group1/bin/shutdown

shutdownCommandFile = /opt/APC/PowerChute/group1/bin/shutdown

Unfortunately, it's still not working. Is there still a way to get PCNS to run a script?

Thanks!

[BillP]

Hi,

PCNS will run a script. You need to enter the full path to where your script resides and the script name. In your example did you write the script shutdown or are you pointing to the shutdown script that is pre-installed? As you mentioned PCNS no longer uses the scripts in the bin directory. PCNS 3.1 and above use Java commands to communicate with the ESXi host/s. 

[Anonymous user]

Thanks for the response. I replaced the existing shutdown script with my modified version (Well, I assume there was originally a shutdown script. I never actually looked before copying over the shutdown and shutdown.pl). So, was my pcnsconfig.ini correct? Should I rename my script something else, and change pcnsconfig.ini to reflect that? Any other steps I might be missing?

Thanks again for the response.

[BillP · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I ran a test file and it worked as expected. These are the settings I used

[Shutdown]
shutdownCommand =
shutdownCommandDuration = 60
shutdownCommandFileEnabled = true
shutdownCommandFileDelay = 0
shutdownCommandFile = \opt\APC\PowerChute\timetest.sh
shutdownCommandFileDuration = 30