Subj : Re: UPS homelab setup
To   : Mark Hofmann
From : Nick Andre
Date : Sat Oct 08 2022 08:58:00

On 07 Oct 22  18:04:34, Mark Hofmann said the following to Nick Andre:

MH> For ESXi, I believe there are command line actions that would perform
MH> shutdowns that could be added to batch files.  Mainly because not all my VM
MH> are Windows, they are all sorts of stuff that I would want to have ESXi
MH> perform a graceful shutdown.
 
I never really got into the Exsi-specific commands, because as explained once 
all the VM's sense that dummy file they shutdown via. the Windows shutdown 
command. I'm not running non-Windows stuff here though...

MH> Then the issue becomes the power-on when power is restored.  Mainly because
MH> would need at least one of my domain controllers to come up first or some
MH> other systems would boot up and have issues and need to be rebooted again. 

What about the startup-sequence settings in Exsi? List the DC first on that 
one server and just use timer sequence on the others?

MH> Of course I could just do all this manually like I do today in the event po
MH> it out for an extended time.  That has not happened here for years,
MH> fortunatly.  

I have one APC SmartUps 1400 and replace the batteries every couple of years 
from some local vendor that actually sells them at a decent price. The 
daughterboards for those APC UPS's are a godsend and I'll never understand why
Ethernet or probe-contacts were never made "standard issue" for their stuff 
until much later.

I've actually never had a full-cycle on UPS, I'm guessing I'll get about a 
half hour or so of runtime with all the stuff in the rack. Non-essential stuff
just goes to the main PDU... I don't need NAS storage during an outage.

Nick

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