NOTE: This section is not applicable in a Dell VxRail configuration as the VxRail Manager handles vCLS.
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NOTE: This section is not applicable in a Dell VxRail configuration as the VxRail Manager handles vCLS. |
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If PowerChute is configured with the vCenter Server user account, it cannot enable vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) if it is not assigned the Administrator role in vCenter. |
vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) is a new feature in vSphere 7.0 Update 1 that ensures cluster services, such as vSphere DRS and vSphere High Availability (HA), are available to maintain the resources and health of the workloads running in the clusters independent of the vCenter Server instance availability. PowerChute supports disabling vCLS during the shutdown sequence, to ensure that the vCLS VMs do not remain powered on and prevent hosts from entering maintenance mode prior to shut down.
If vCLS VMs are detected running on the cluster, PowerChute will automatically disable vCLS, which powers off and deletes the vCLS VMs.
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PowerChute detects vCLS VMs in the cluster beginning with "vCLS". It is recommended you do not name any user VMs in your cluster to "vCLS" to avoid confusion. |
You can specify durations for how long PowerChute will wait for vCenter to enable and disable vCLS on your cluster. The Disable vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) Duration value should account for the time it takes for vCenter to power off all the vCLS VMs and delete them. The default value is 180 seconds.
The Enable vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) Duration value should account for the time it takes for new vCLS VMs to be deployed and started up. The default value is 180 seconds.
