Since this is my first experience to get PBEagent works inside VMware ESX 3.5, lack of the documentation about how to setup, configure & test PBEagent plus the third party vendor who sold the UPS don't know how to configure it,  I don't have any choice except to get all things work as per my customer expectation.

We need to make sure few things before start the UAT :
- PBEagent are running - /etc/init.d/PBEagent status
- APC Port is open - port 3052 for Web Config
- Powerchute "Smart" signal - It won't works when using "simple" signal
- Enable Broadcast messages - This will notify all users before UPS going down
- ESX Virtual Power Shutdown - Guest OS Shutdown when ESX going to shutdown

When all ready I just clicked "initiate shutdown" feature's found inside Powerchute webaccess then monitor the ESX process via SSH & VI Client. Within 5 minutes (depend on configuration) I got a messages "Powerchute Business Edition: Host will shutdown within ....." then "Powerchute Business Edition: Shutdown Process Started". From vi client I also noticed the guest OS will going to shutdown state one by one depending on your ESX confguration before the server going to poweroff.

 

All process went very smoothly & for sure, it's such a big relieved to me considering all the problems I had during project implementation.

Finally I can close this tricky, final & the last UAT & I can concentrate now on my final documentation.

ariyossss
athlon_crazy
23/4/2008 11:00am