And the way to do that is to set your VMs not to autoboot at power up of the hosts...
Kurt On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:59 AM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > That’s perfectly fine. I’d make sure your VCenter is set to be the first VM > to come up at reboot. > > > > John W. Cook > > Network Operations Manager > > Partnership For Strong Families > > 5950 NW 1st Place > > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > > Office (352) 244-1610 > > Cell (352) 215-6944 > > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > > > From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 11:53 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Semi-OT: Vsphere shutdown > > > > In a few days time I will have to completely shutdown my datacenter for some > electrical maintenance. (Yes, I'm nervous. It's been online non-stop for > 6.5 years.) > > > > I have 3 Vsphere ESX 4.1 hosts that I need to shutdown along with everything > else. My vcenter server is virtualized. Two questions: > > > > 1) Do I need to put the hosts into maintenance mode before powering them > off? All of the VMs will already be powered off. > > > > 1) I can poweroff two of the hosts using the vcenter client, but after I > shutdown the vcenter VM how should I poweroff the final host? Just connect > the client directly to the host and shut it down that way? I can't think > why this wouldn't work. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > RS > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ________________________________ > > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or > attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, > dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without > the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information > may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act > of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or > unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil > and/or criminal penalties. > Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really > need to. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
