I have always equated the "power down" option with pulling the plug, or pressing the power button. Not the most graceful of options. Proper shutdowns (as if they were physical boxes) from the console of each guest would be the ideal, IMO. Others may correct or disagree with this.....
Hth. Andrew On 11/12/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings! As an emergency call center, we are 24 x 365.25. > > We have about 30 or so virtual servers in a VMWare ESX 3.5 system. Its > datastore is an IBM DS 3400 SAN. The SAN needs a firmware upgrade... > > The upgrade requires, at one point, shutting down the ESX servers and then > shutting down the SAN. (Obviously, with the ESX servers down, the VMWare > environment ceases to exist for a period.) > > What is the least bad way to go about shutting this down? Does one need > to log into each virtual server and power it off from the vm's OS (ie, log > into Windows, then "Start -> Shut down")? Is it all right to, from the VM > managment system, simple right-click each one and select "power down"? > Would it be just as "safe" to log into the ESX consoles and shut them down > from there first with the VMs running? (We have had our environment > survive when the ESX servers shut themselves down due to a room cooling > failure, but it was rather rough on the nerves!) > > Whatever, I'm obviously not looking forward to this - but thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this > e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email > and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any > printout thereof. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Sent from my mobile device ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
