<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Sounds like small scale with a UPS that size At home I have a smart-UPS 1500. I pass serial comms from the APC UPS to a Linux VM that runs APCUPSD, there are scripts that are triggered by ups events that nicely shutdown my vm’s and NAS devices in the correct order to avoid data corruption. <div><br></div><div>When power comes back, the auto start feature in ESX starts the VMs in the correct order and allows enough time for the nas’ to come back online.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you want any more info.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 27/02/2018, at 5:22 PM, Robert Hudson <<a href="mailto:hudrob@gmail.com">hudrob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto">Most UPSs can send a signal around their power state via serial or USB.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">ESXi has, if I recall correctly, the ability to recognise this. Some vendors have additional software to make it work better.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The trick becomes being able to shut the VMs down (and then the host) before power is lost. I am not sure that free ESXi can do this natively - but you may be able to script it via the vCLI/etc.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Internet seems to have a little bit of info that may prove useful: <a href="http://bfy.tw/Gp3C">http://bfy.tw/Gp3C</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Robert</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 Feb. 2018 11:31 am, "Daniel Watson" <<a href="mailto:daniel.watson@zax.com.au" target="_blank">daniel.watson@zax.com.au</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Just seeking some input on/off list for recommendations for any entry level’ish UPS’s that would be compatible with communication through
USB to shutdown an ESXI environment upon loss of power.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I have taken a decent look around at some of the available models on the current market and most of them do not talk about virtualized environments which makes
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Any tips or pointers on/off list would be appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Looking around 900 – 1500 VA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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