Schedule power on of esxi host from Vcenter?

[epicurean]

Is this possible? If not, can one do so via cron on pfsense or something?

 

[Rand__]

if your box can be started via WoL then it shouldnt be a problem to schedule it somewhere (and be it on a small client vm)

 

[Peanuthead]

Look into DPM with vCenter

 

[epicurean]

I dont think DPM allows me to specific that only 1 specific host is powered down at a scheduled time/condition. I hope I am wrong , would anyone be able to advise me?

 

[Rand__]

Schedule power down on condition or power up? Two pair's of shoes...

Maybe it might help to share your use case...

 

[epicurean]

Power Down.
I intend ot power up from WOL from my pfsense

actually I am using xsibackup to backup the VMs, but cannot figure out how to shut down the esxi host at the end of the backup progress

 

[Rand__]

Remote command with putty or ssh depending on os?

 

[epicurean]

Remote command with putty or ssh depending on os?

Would prefer a solution that ties in with Vcenter

 

[Rand__]

Well ideally it runs where ever your backup is running so it knows when the backup is done - i assume? Is that on vCenter? how does vCenter notice that the backup is done?
I would assume the easiest option would be to run a "post backup" job (scheduled by the backup tool) to then shut down the box (and set maintenance if you're so inclined).
Whether that script is triggering a shell command on the ESXi box or calls a function at vCenter via api is an implementation detail