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! > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >