VMWare Shutdown
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@wrx7m said in VMWare Shutdown:
For vmware, if you are going to shutdown only (no patches), do you always put in maintenance mode first?
I do if I have the extra few seconds that it takes as my servers will all be powered off anyways.
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@wrx7m said in VMWare Shutdown:
For vmware, if you are going to shutdown only (no patches), do you always put in maintenance mode first?
- If you have DRS this will force the host to drain VM's off (vMotions are automated).
- If you have vSAN this will make sure you are not about to offline the last good copy of data.
- It's an automated step in how VUM works...
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@maximus
I believe you can take as a basis the script, published in this article: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-gentle-shutdown-with-powerchute
I hope it will be useful for you
Merry Christmas!
