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<p>Another angle to maybe solve the same problem:<br>
if you can get the UPS network management card (I think you have a card installed?) you may be able to use something like vRealize Operations Center and launch a script.</p>
<p><a href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/7.4/com.vmware.vrealize.orchestrator-use-plugins.doc/GUID-D70D8B5B-D78F-45C1-9445-A20C9BCE87E7.html" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk200222" previewremoved="true">https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/7.4/com.vmware.vrealize.orchestrator-use-plugins.doc/GUID-D70D8B5B-D78F-45C1-9445-A20C9BCE87E7.html</a></p>
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<p>Similar thing came up once before on Spiceworks and I suggested the same, user seemed good with the solution:</p>
<p><a href="https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2155776-snmp-alert-trigger-a-vrops-or-orchestrator-action?page=1" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk671445" previewremoved="true">https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2155776-snmp-alert-trigger-a-vrops-or-orchestrator-action?page=1</a><br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Nut-upsuser <nut-upsuser-bounces+david_zomaya=tripplite.com@alioth-lists.debian.net> on behalf of Lee Damon <nomad@ee.washington.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 14, 2020 3:19:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bart J. Smit<br>
<b>Cc:</b> nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [Nut-upsuser] NUT control of vCenter & vServer?</font>
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<div dir="ltr">That's certainly on the list of options. I'm doing data gathering right now to see what options there are. I'd prefer not to rashly decide to run off in a direction only to discover this is already a Solved Problem.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 1:13 PM Bart J. Smit <<a href="mailto:bart@smits.co.uk">bart@smits.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>What about the REST API to do a graceful shutdown of your VM’s</span> and the vCenter appliance<span>:
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__code.vmware.com_web_sdk_6.7_vsphere-2Dautomation-2Drest&d=DwMFaQ&c=f9s1WCuF-N6cmD_YaZ7gBg&r=lhr3k4au5dVQgHY_iS-v_t9g8PHVkn8Px_wyaupZGfQ&m=aLBjUTvV_qekPt6w4qKQmQP_IO2WxQR0-whateimZHo&s=5NzIyjgMS2F22s7TdlnYgVn_erNv1MPVb-uo1iNsVl0&e=" target="_blank">https://code.vmware.com/web/sdk/6.7/vsphere-automation-rest</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bart…<span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Lee Damon <<a href="mailto:nomad@ee.washington.edu" target="_blank">nomad@ee.washington.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> 14 May 2020 20:29<br>
<b>To:</b> Bart J. Smit <<a href="mailto:bart@smits.co.uk" target="_blank">bart@smits.co.uk</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org" target="_blank">nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nut-upsuser] NUT control of vCenter & vServer?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Bart. Unfortunately "<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">The VIB module does not comply with the security recommendations imposed by VMWare. You
lose VMWare support by installing this package." This pretty much rules out this option. :( </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">We need vCenter support, as well.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:06 AM Bart J. Smit <<a href="mailto:bart@smits.co.uk" target="_blank">bart@smits.co.uk</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This shuts down the hosts directly (by-passing vCenter)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__rene.margar.fr_2012_05_client-2Dnut-2Dpour-2Desxi-2D5-2D0_&d=DwMFaQ&c=f9s1WCuF-N6cmD_YaZ7gBg&r=lhr3k4au5dVQgHY_iS-v_t9g8PHVkn8Px_wyaupZGfQ&m=aLBjUTvV_qekPt6w4qKQmQP_IO2WxQR0-whateimZHo&s=8HSVjY9EszModfE_k1wj8mP932NDL7L3r3GBKXj6Q6Q&e=" target="_blank">http://rene.margar.fr/2012/05/client-nut-pour-esxi-5-0/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">in spite of the title, it works for ESXi 6 and 7 as well<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bart…<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Nut-upsuser <nut-upsuser-bounces+bart=<a href="mailto:smits.co.uk@alioth-lists.debian.net" target="_blank">smits.co.uk@alioth-lists.debian.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lee Damon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 May 2020 16:53<br>
<b>To:</b> nut-upsuser Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org" target="_blank">nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nut-upsuser] NUT control of vCenter & vServer?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is anyone using NUT to signal/control vCenter and vServer (6.x) for shutdown when batteries are getting low? Any recommendations? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We've found <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__4sysops.com_archives_startup-2Dand-2Dshutdown-2Da-2Dvmware-2Dcluster-2Dwith-2Dpowercli-2Dand-2Dpowershell_&d=DwMFaQ&c=f9s1WCuF-N6cmD_YaZ7gBg&r=lhr3k4au5dVQgHY_iS-v_t9g8PHVkn8Px_wyaupZGfQ&m=aLBjUTvV_qekPt6w4qKQmQP_IO2WxQR0-whateimZHo&s=U0nmY61V-AQ1HCEjdJoXsvjpDl4PZ1SiU-Qv8mbO_sM&e=" target="_blank">https://4sysops.com/archives/startup-and-shutdown-a-vmware-cluster-with-powercli-and-powershell/</a> but
I'd prefer to do this from the master (which is running CentOS 8) and not pollute it by installing PS on it.<u></u><u></u></p>
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