I have a two node vSphere 6 cluster which has HA enabled. One of the nodes is connected to a Cyberpower CP1500EPFCLCD UPS via USB. I have installed the PowerPanel Business Edition appliance on each node (one is the agent and the other is the client). I have also installed the Windows PowerPanel Business Edition client in each Windows VM. All of this has allowed me to gracefully shutdown my Windows VMs and the ESXi servers.
The problem I have is, how do I gracefully shutdown the VMware appliances, more specifically vCenter? There is a Linux based version of PowerPanel Business Edition but it doesn't seem to install if I SSH into a test vCenter VM.
What are my options for shutting down vCenter (or any appliance really) when there is a power failure if I can't use the Linux based Cyberpower PowerPanel Business Edition client? Scripts? Something else? I'm stumped here!
Since HA is enabled on the cluster the VM startup/shutdown options are disabled so this is not an option.
The problem I have is, how do I gracefully shutdown the VMware appliances, more specifically vCenter? There is a Linux based version of PowerPanel Business Edition but it doesn't seem to install if I SSH into a test vCenter VM.
What are my options for shutting down vCenter (or any appliance really) when there is a power failure if I can't use the Linux based Cyberpower PowerPanel Business Edition client? Scripts? Something else? I'm stumped here!
Since HA is enabled on the cluster the VM startup/shutdown options are disabled so this is not an option.