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