Tutorial for installing powerchute network shutdown appliance on vmware esxi host managed by vcenter server to learn more, please visit the apc by. Powerchute network shutdown downloads schneider electric. Locate the powerchute installation executable file, setupx64. This version of powerchute network shutdown only supports vmware esxi but i have esxi. After doing a few shutdown tests, we have a few questions. Download documents for powerchute network shutdown reliable networkbased shutdown of multiple servers. Vmware esxi, vmware virtual appliance, windows server 2012. Installing the apc powerchute network shutdown software on. The esxi host is typically going to be a single machine with only one or two guest virtual machines. Install powerchute network shutdown using a virtual appliance disk format. Provides the option to deploy powerchute as a virtual appliance for ease of installation. How to install and deploy powerchute network shutdown virtual appliance onto vmware. Power chute network shutdown virtual appliance, as vm on the host itself. Schneider electric extends powerchute network shutdown.
How do i upgrade the powerchute network shutdown pcns virtual appliance. First, install and configure the vmware management appliance on your vmware vsphere infrastructure. Download the latest version of the pcns for vmware esxi installation file to your pc. Schneider electric launches powerchute network shutdown 3.
To upgrade the pcns virtual appliance, you do not need to deploy a new copy of the appliance and run the setup wizard. Recently during checking news on vmware solutions exchange page, i found that. Users can also download the software as a virtual appliance from the vmware solution exchange, and. You only need one vma appliance in your environment which can be used. Im getting the following message see attached screenshot. Apc powerchute network shutdown works in conjunction with the ups to protect your physical and virtual it infrastructure from adverse power.
Configuring powerchute network shutdown for vmware esxi. How to run powerchute network shutdown setup wizard. Installing apc ups powerchute network shutdown software on vmware vsphere management assistant for use with vmware esxi hosts walkthrough guide the examples in this walkthrough use the current latest versions 01 dec 2011 of powerchute network shutdown v3. Integration powerchute network shutdown with vmware.
A look at home lab ups power management and notifications solutions from a few vendors i use in my home lab environment. Looking for advice on how to install and configure apc powerchute network shutdown on my esxi servers so that they can be shut down gracefully upon power failure. Pcns virtual applicance, vmware tools update not working. Need to setup powerchute network shutdown for vmware esxi hosts and vcenter server. Apc powerchute personal edition in vmware workstation. How to configure apc powerchute network shutdown for vmware. The vmware vsphere management assistant vma is a prepackaged linux virtual machine in which administrators can deploy scripts and select thirdparty agents to manage esx and esxi systems. Deploying the powerchute virtual appliance centos, updating os is recommended, more. In this post, i focus on a scenario where both solutions vcenter and powerchute network shutdown are running on vms. This is a basic vmware vsphere task, so i wont bother you with details or screenshots but it comes down to this. Vmware esxi 4 vmware virtual appliance 2 windows 2 windows 10 4 windows 2000 5 windows 2003 8. This tutorial was tested on apc ups model srt6kxli also know as smartups srt 6000. Users may also download the software as a virtual appliance from the vmware solution exchange. You will need a network management card if the ups doesnt come with one.
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install powerchute network shutdown on vmware. Yes, the host willl shutdown guests once it receives the signal from pcns that it should shutdown. Im not positive the host uses vmware tools but thats a pretty safe bet. Powerchute network shutdown documents and downloads. Virtual machine and virtual appliance shutdownstartup. Log on to the vmware host or vcenter server using your vsphere client. In select creation type, select the deploy a virtual machine from an ovf or ova file option. This article provides information on installing the apc powerchute network. Software included in vma includes vsphere cli and an authentication component that. For this reason, for a silent installation you must add the trusted certificate to the java cacerts keystore. Pcns will shutdown the guests correctly and then the appliance will shutdown the host. In a nutshell you install the vma appliance onto each host.
Currently those hosts have no paid licensing, and their apc smartups may or may not have network management cards at this time. Download the vma installation files from vsphere management assistant, and extract the files. Download the powerchute virtual appliance file from the apc website. Would you like to learn how to perform a powerchute network shutdown installation on vmware esxi. Powerchute network shutdown installation on vmware esxi.
The powerchute client display on the nmc should be the ip address of the powerchute appliance you installed on the esxi host. However, more recently i discovered powerchute network shutdown for virtualization has a virtual appliance available. Information on compatibility of the apc redundant switch with powerchute plus and apc management accesssories. Then i use winscp to login to that appliance and install pcns, linking it to the appropriate apc nmc. The information provided in the apc software firmware download is provided. Powerchute network shutdown can be deployed as a virtual appliance or installed on a windows physical machine to remotely monitor ha clusters protected by multiple upss. Installing powerchute network shutdown on vmware esxi with.
Solved apc virtual appliance and esxesxi utilities. Enables shutdown and startup of vmware vapps to control the sequence of virtual machine shutdownstartup. This tutorial was tested on apc ups model ap9631 also know as rt6000. In the example above my powerchute appliance has been added as 10. Tutorial for installing powerchute network shutdown appliance on vmware esxi host managed by vcenter server to learn more, please visit the apc by schneider electric faq. Adding the management solution bolsters the control over power events protection and notifications in the home lab to keep data safe. Powerchute provides support for high availability ha and fault tolerant ft vmware clusters. When i look on the compatibilty chart for pcns for vmware it says vmware esxi server 4. Apc products support ups, pdu, powerchute downloads, etc.
How to use apc powerchute network shutdown for vmware. Powerchute network shutdown is easily configurable via a browser interface and supports single, redundant and parallel ups configurations. Log on to the esxi host using your vsphere web client. When using apc pcns, esxi host shutdown fails on vsphere. The free edition of vmware esxi provides readonly access to the api functions. Solved installconfigure apc powerchute on esxi ups. Tcp ports 3052, 6547, 80 and udp port 3052 need to be open on the network. Apc powerchute virtual appliance alternatives vmware 6. Installing apc ups powerchute network shutdown software on.