That's certainly on the list of options. I'm doing data gathering right now to see what options there are. I'd prefer not to rashly decide to run off in a direction only to discover this is already a Solved Problem.
nomad On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 1:13 PM Bart J. Smit <[email protected]> wrote: > What about the REST API to do a graceful shutdown of your VM’s and the > vCenter appliance: > https://code.vmware.com/web/sdk/6.7/vsphere-automation-rest > > > > Bart… > > > > *From:* Lee Damon <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 14 May 2020 20:29 > *To:* Bart J. Smit <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Nut-upsuser] NUT control of vCenter & vServer? > > > > Thanks Bart. Unfortunately "The VIB module does not comply with the > security recommendations imposed by VMWare. You lose VMWare support by > installing this package." This pretty much rules out this option. :( > > > > We need vCenter support, as well. > > > > nomad > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:06 AM Bart J. Smit <[email protected]> wrote: > > This shuts down the hosts directly (by-passing vCenter) > > > > http://rene.margar.fr/2012/05/client-nut-pour-esxi-5-0/ > > > > in spite of the title, it works for ESXi 6 and 7 as well > > > > Bart… > > > > *From:* Nut-upsuser <nut-upsuser-bounces+bart= > [email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Lee Damon > *Sent:* 14 May 2020 16:53 > *To:* nut-upsuser Mailing List <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Nut-upsuser] NUT control of vCenter & vServer? > > > > Is anyone using NUT to signal/control vCenter and vServer (6.x) for > shutdown when batteries are getting low? Any recommendations? > > > > We've found > https://4sysops.com/archives/startup-and-shutdown-a-vmware-cluster-with-powercli-and-powershell/ > but > I'd prefer to do this from the master (which is running CentOS 8) and not > pollute it by installing PS on it. > > > > thanks, > > nomad > >
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