vSphere and UPS

[zetec452]

Hey,

I had a rather nice 30 min power cut at work yesterday which has prompted me to check and sort out my UPS systems.

We run vSphere with two hosts, a SAN and 5 x APC SmartUPS 1500 (don't ask they were already here). None of them have management cards.

I would assume the best way to utilize auto shutdown etc is to buy a couple of management cards and the ESX software from APC? Is this the best way or should I be looking at something else.

Cheers,

Jon

 

[zetec452]

They don't have serial connections unfortunately, just USB.

I think I'm going to purchase a couple of management cards and the PowerChute Network Shutdown for VMWare.

Thanks.