Shutting down VSA in ESX using PowerCLI?

[Oneil Matlock]

Hi folks,

I am trying to figure out a decent method to automate the shutdown of my VSA VM in ESX 5.5.

I have a powercli script that shuts down all VMs except for the VSA and CMC VMs.

Would anyone have a suggestion for shutting them down?

I am wondering if it safe to use the Shutdown-VMGuest command rather than shutting down the VM from within the CMC console?

Thanks!

[a_o]

Better to do it on the NSM IMO.

If you a running SAN I/Q CLIQ from a windows host:

>cliq shutdownNsm action=Shutdown delay=10 login=xx.xx.xx.xx userName=your_nsm_login passWord=your_nsm_password

or  SSH:
Login to the on-node CLI using the node IP address and the designated port 16022.

i.e.
>ssh –p 16022 -l <user> <xx.xx.xx.xx>
>your_nsm_password
>shutdownNsm action=Shutdown delay=10

Also, instead of supplying the password in the script, you might want to use a key file for SSH - from the manual:
Instead of specifying username/password parameters, you may choose to specify an
encrypted key file which contains the credentials.
This file can be kept in a secure location, or otherwise access - controlled. To create this file, use the createKey command.

>cliq createKey login=10.0.1.2 username=admin password=secret keyfile=key.dat
>cliq getGroupInfo login=10.0.1.2 keyfile=key.dat