Dell UPS 4200R - Manual (Page 17)

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios
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 Power Management is set to “off.”
 EVC is not used.
 Swapfile is set to the same directory as the virtual machine.
Figure 21: vCenter  Cluster Settings  Swapfile Location
VM startup/shutdown profiles: Virtual machines were set to automatically start and stop with the
host so that if the power failure extends longer than battery life, the host can shut down the VMs
before finally shutting itself down.
Figure 22: vCenter  VM Startup and Shutdown
MUMC Settings for ESXi5 HostB:
 Remote Maintenance: Enabled (will provoke VM move to HostA)
 Maintenance Timer: 10 seconds
 Remote Shutdown: Enabled (we want the HostB to power off gracefully to save battery
runtime for HostA)
 PowerSource: IP address of Dell UPS