UPS Network Management Card 2 and ESX

[BillP]

UPS Network Management Card 2 and ESX

[BillP]

Hi,

Please review Schneider Electric FAQ FA159688

The ESXi host is responsible for powering down the VMs. The shutdown if the VMs is configured through Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown on the host. Each of the VMs must have VMware tools installed on them for the host to be able to power them down. 

[BillP]

Hello,

yes i know that, the VMs are shutting down correctly. The problem is that the Host is also shutting down. But I don't want that.

ONLY the VMs should Shutdown.

[BillP · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The reason for installing PowerChute on a system to to provide graceful shutdown. Why do you want to power down the VMs in the event of a power failure but not the host? If the host is not powered down it will crash.