PCNS doesn't shutdown?

[Anonymous user]

Hello,

I have a licensed ESXi 5 server that has 2 VM guests. I have vMA 5.0 with PCNS 3.0.1 installed. Previous tests were successful in that after PCNS had initiated a shut down all VM guests and the host shutdown as expected. However, after boot up and launching the vMA again, PCNS refused to send out the shutdown command. I have it configured to shutdown when communication is lost with the NMC. With this being a test environment, it isn't plugged into an actual UPS.

What could be the cause of shutdown not being triggered? I didn't do any changes to PCNS or vMA after I initiated the first shut down. I'm stumped. Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Greg

[BillP · Accepted solution]

can you provide the logs from the PCNS client(s) as well as the UPS network management card please? that'd be a big help to see whats in there (or not in there).