Once connected to vCenter Server, PowerChute displays all of the VMware hosts in the inventory in a tree view (similar to what you see using vSphere client). From this screen you can select the hosts that PowerChute should protect.
If PowerChute is installed on a physical Windows® machine you must specify the VMware hosts in the left-hand panel that you want to protect by dragging them to the right-hand panel of this screen.
When a critical UPS event occurs, PowerChute will shut down VMs and the Hosts in the order that they appear in the right-hand panel. You can change this order by clicking on a host in the right-hand panel and dragging it up or down.
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If vCenter Server or PowerChute is running on a VM they are shut down after the other hosts, irrespective of the order that they appear in the Host Protection user interface. The other ESXi hosts are shut down in the order that they appear in the UI. |
If PowerChute is installed on the vMA or deployed as a Virtual Appliance, the right-hand panel is automatically populated with all hosts in the same cluster.
The host running the PowerChute VM is automatically listed last and
can be identified by the 
logo.
If vCenter Server is running on a VM on one of the ESXi hosts in the
cluster it can be identified by this logo 
When you select Target Hosts for protection, you will be prompted to import the vCenter Server Root CA certificates if the certificates are not signed by a trusted party. To proceed with setup, view all certificates and confirm their validity.
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If vCenter is running on a VM on one of the ESXi hosts and none of the Hosts are highlighted with the logo, or the wrong Host is highlighted, this indicates there is a configuration issue in vSphere setup that will prevent PowerChute from shutting down the vCenter Server VM correctly. For more information see VMware Troubleshooting: vCenter Server VM Shutdown. |
If vCenter Server and PowerChute are running on a VM on one of the ESXi
hosts in the cluster it can be identified by these logos together:
The VMware hosts are powered separately by one or more UPS(s). The right-hand panel shows the UPS(s) that PowerChute is registered with. You need to associate each VMware host in the left-hand panel with the UPS by which it is powered. To do this, drag each host to the UPS/UPS group in the right-hand panel.
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If you have a Nutanix Cluster with VMware as your hypervisor, in an advanced configuration, all hosts in the Nutanix Cluster must be protected by the same UPS or UPS group. See Nutanix Support for more information on Nutanix. |
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In PowerChute v5.0, all Cluster Hosts must be part of the same UPS setup and Execute Virtualization Shutdown on Hosts in all UPS Setups should be enabled on the PowerChute host or physical UPS group (if PowerChute is installed on physical Windows machine) when vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) is present. |
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Adding hosts from different vSAN datastores to the same advanced group is not a valid configuration. |
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Advanced configuration is not supported for Dell VxRail. |
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If the IP address/Hostname of the vCenter Server or any of the VMware hosts is changed it will be necessary to re-associate the hosts with the UPS’s. When this occurs the following event is logged in the PowerChute event log: Host(s) [Hosts] no longer exist in the vCenter Server Inventory. Please open the Host Protection page and re-select the Hosts that should be protected. |
In Advanced UPS Setups, PowerChute can monitor UPS's which are powering equipment outside a VMware cluster (e.g. a Storage Array Device or a physical server machine running PowerChute).
For more information see Shutdown Settings for Advanced UPS Setups.
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On the VMware Host Protection page, do not link VMware hosts with the UPS devices that are powering the physical equipment. |
The following additional options will then be displayed on the Shutdown Settings page:
Shutdown PowerChute Server - This is enabled by default and is used to gracefully shut down the physical machine running PowerChute. This option can be disabled if the UPS is powering a Storage Array Device.
Execute Virtualization Shutdown on Hosts in All UPS Setups - This triggers a shutdown sequence using the actions configured on the Virtualization Settings page. This option should be enabled for all UPS Setups that are powering physical equipment.
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If Execute Virtualization Shutdown on Hosts in all UPS Setups is enabled in the UI or PowerChute configuration file ("ShutdownVirtualHost" setting), all protected hosts in all UPS setups will be shut down when a critical event occurs on that UPS Setup. |
PowerChute User Interface - Configure Shutdown Conditions
