This is a big issue for me on my local network since I don't have vSphere running and the UPS devices I do have don't work with either ESXi using vMA or Server 2008R2. I'm not real comfortable with vMA so it's on my list but I'm still going to need to invest in my infrastructure for more UPS devices.

Game Ringan Full Version For Pc here. The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of. He uses Windows Server 2008 R2. 8 Responses to “Using a USB connected APC UPS with Windows Server 2008 and VMware. May 08, 2012 I have recently puchchased and installed an APC BACK-UPS CS 500 on one of my servers, but the software that is included (Powerchute personal) does not seem. NECが取り扱うPowerChute Business Editionに関して、Windows Server 2008 R2環境での注意事項です。.

APC's applications don't talk to ESX(i) unless you have vSphere so while you can use their net based applications for your VMs your SOL for the ESX(i) servers without vSphere. For physical systems; most UPS manufacturers provide reasonable tools like PowerChute for APC which are well tested but, a lot of legacy equipment won't work on Windows 2008R2 (thanks MS) and most manufacturers are unwilling to invest in their customer base maintaining older (legacy) equipment. Jay, your Reference for PSTools doesn't seem applicable for new Windows servers since the built-in Shutdown utility is usable in this described scenario. PowerChute seems like a good bet and the application is free but you need network capable APC UPS devices and for ESX at least, you need vSphere. As far as MS's Hypervisor and Citrix XEN, someone with more knowledge of those environments will need to chime in. On Server 2008 R2 if I just plug my APC into the server via USB, windows recognizes its on a battery and basically treats it like a laptop.

You can then configure power management in windows to shutdown at battery critical stage and you can define what% is critical. I then set hyper-v VMs to shutdown when the host/parent shuts down and start when it starts up.

I prefer this over installing unnecessary software, however I haven't tested it yet and I did read that some people experienced the server initiating a normal shutdown but then abruptly hard shutting down instead of shutting down properly. My theory is that these people defined critical at too low a% or even perhaps left it at the default 5% and their UPS gave out during the shutdown. I set mine to 25% being critical to ensure enough battery for the shutdown. Anyone have any experience with this method? If I do test it, I'll post my results.