Ryan,

It looks like VMware has a KB for installing the powerchute software 
inside ESXi.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007036

--Adam

On 8/25/2013 10:22 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote:
> So we lost power twice tonight… in the middle of the reboot process of my VMs we lost power again. I do not have the server on the UPS at this time (for reasons that escape me) but I was wondering if there's a way to tie a UPS in to shutdown the VMs and leave the core running until the battery hits a certain point - via the host and not the guests.
>
> I know I can tie in the guests to the APC and have them shut down but I would like to manage it on the ESXi side.
>
> Just an idea I'm playing with.
>
> Thanks!
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