Tripp Lite SV20KM1P1B Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent PANSA - Page 10

4. VMware Implementation (ESXi Server Environments) PANSA is compatible with VMware ESXi 5.x and ESXi 6.x* servers and can be installed on a virtual machine, or physical machine with the required network access, to monitor the UPS and trigger an ESXi shutdown upon detecting an event, such as a power outage. There are three implementation choices: 4.1 PANSA for VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) Note: vMA is not compatible with ESXi, beginning with version 6.7. 4.2 PANSA for standard Operating Systems 4.3 PowerAlert Local (Use Windows or a supported Linux operating system to configure ESXi shutdown) Items 4.1 and 4.2 require a Tripp Lite WEBCARDLX or SNMPWEBCARD installed on the UPS powering the ESXi Server. * Free versions of VMware ESXi Server are incompatible with PANSA for VMware due to a known issue in the free version of VMware, wherein PANSA shutdown scripts are not permitted to write to the server and initiate shutdown. Purchasing a licensed version of ESXi Server will resolve this issue. To help determine which solution is the best fit for your application, review the flow chart below. NO Are your ESXi hosts in a High-Availability (HA) cluster? YES Which do you prefer to use? Which do you prefer to use? Windows machine (physical or virtual) Both require network access to the hosts vMA • Install the VMware vSphere CLI** and PANSA for Windows on the Windows machine • Use the shutdownesxi.bat script • Install PANSA for Linux/OpenSUSE/vMA on the vMA. • Use the shutdownesxi.sh script Windows machine (physical or virtual) Both require network access to the hosts and must NOT be in the same cluster as the hosts vMA • Install the VMware vSphere CLI** and PANSA for Windows on the Windows machine that is NOT in the same cluster as the hosts • Use the shutdownvms.pl script • Install PANSA for Linux/OpenSUSE/vMA on the vMA • Use the "vifp addserver" command to add the hosts to the vMA • Use the shutdownvms.sh script **The vSphere CLI 6.5 and later require the user to install a compatible version of Perl (e.g. ActivePerl or Strawberry Perl version 5.14). 4.1 PANSA for VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) One implementation of PANSA for VMware is to install VMware's vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) on a virtual machine on the ESXi server and then install PANSA onto the vMA. This is depicted in figure 4.1.1 below. Figure 4.1.1 10