Mr Chuckles dot net » vmware http://www.mrchuckles.net So much tech, so little time... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:26:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 APC’s PowerChute Network Shutdown for VMware http://www.mrchuckles.net/2008/03/27/apcs-powerchute-network-shutdown-for-vmware/ http://www.mrchuckles.net/2008/03/27/apcs-powerchute-network-shutdown-for-vmware/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:36:27 +0000 Steven http://www.mrchuckles.net/2008/03/27/apcs-powerchute-network-shutdown-for-vmware/ After a nasty power outage a few weeks ago at Key, I realized that I had never installed APC’s wonderful Network Shutdown tool on our VMware server. The Network Shutdown tool is a service that runs on just about any OS, and communicates with APC’s network-enabled UPSes. When the UPS detects a power failure and reaches a battery life threshold, it will issue a command to each computer running the Network Shutdown tool to, obviously enough, shut down. I’ve installed this on many Linux boxes in the past, so I figured this would be no different.

A quick Google search turned up numerous hits about a VMware specific RPM available from APC for v2.21. A quick search of APC’s website turned up no such thing, and downloading the newest release for Linux didn’t get me very far. During the installation it through an error about VMware not being supported. After some further Google digging, I finally found a direct link to the RPM buried on APC’s FTP site. Installing the RPM worked like a champ, and once I opened up the requisite firewall ports in ESX I was able to access the web interface and get it configured.

To save others the same headaches I encountered, I’ve preserved the RPM file on my site until APC decides to support VMware in new releases again. The file is available below.

APC Network Shutdown v2.21 for VMware

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