esxi 5.1 automated shutdown

Amleto · 15 Dec 2015 at 00:42

esxi 5.1 automated shutdown - how to do it from within the host? It doesn't seem to have cron. My pc wont be on when I want to schedule microserver (esxi host) shutdown so scripted ssh/esxi/vim-cmd solutions are not suitable.

Amleto · 15 Dec 2015 at 01:09

found this. will see how it goes.

http://www.somethingsomewhere.net/sheduled-shutdown-esxi-v5/

Amleto · 15 Dec 2015 at 17:33

lol, that is a bit overkill

Amleto · 15 Dec 2015 at 20:40

yes, just the one atm - running xpenology/dsm.

I want to shut down the xpenology box politely so not sure how compatible that is with xpenology ssh-ing to the esxi host and telling it to shut down.

Amleto · 16 Dec 2015 at 21:13

I don't think so either - I know that it isn't installed currently, anyway. I'm using the advanced power manager synology community app to handle the power down of the xpenology box.

The link I gave in OP that shows how to modify an rc.local file so that a cron entry is always written when esxi starts up seems to be working ok.