When deployed as a virtual appliance or installed on a vMA, PowerChute connects directly to the VMware host to shut it down using the credentials you enter.
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PowerChute must be configured to connect to the VMware host using an account with the Administrator role. This can be a local user account or an Active Directory User Account that is a member of the "ESX Admins" Domain Security Group. The "ESX Admins" group needs to be created via "Active Directory Users and Groups". When an ESXi host is joined to an Active Directory domain, VMware automatically assigns the Administrator role to the "ESX Admins" group. |
PowerChute does not directly shut down virtual machines with this configuration.
In order to gracefully shut down VMs, you must use the Virtual
Machine Startup/Shutdown settings for the VMware host in the vSphere
Client. This is accessible by clicking Manage >
System > Autostart under the Host in the vSphere Client.
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The shutdown action must be changed to "Guest Shutdown" and VMware Tools must be installed on each VM to carry out Guest OS shutdown. If VMware Tools are not installed, the VMs will be powered off. |
