So we lost power twice tonight… in the middle of the reboot process of my VMs we lost power again. I do not have the server on the UPS at this time (for reasons that escape me) but I was wondering if there's a way to tie a UPS in to shutdown the VMs and leave the core running until the battery hits a certain point - via the host and not the guests.

I know I can tie in the guests to the APC and have them shut down but I would like to manage it on the ESXi side.

Just an idea I'm playing with.

Thanks!