I already predicted that this was bound to happen sooner or later. It only took William Lam, aka lamw, a couple of days to enhance the work that Joseph Holland did. Joseph wrote a procedure that let’s APC’s software initiate a shutdown of the VM’s and ESXi host when a power failure occurs. Joseph’s solution included a modification of ESXi [...]

I’ve been waiting for APC to create a VIMA ready package of their PowerChute Network Shutdown software for a while now. It’s supposed to be released soon but I haven’t heard a release date yet. For everyone that can’t wait VMTN User “jholland” created this PDF “How to configure ESXi to shutdown using an APC SmartUPS“. It’s a great creative [...]