Implementation, Advanced information – Dell UPS 10000R User Manual
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Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vMA 5.0.0.1 and 5.0.0.2 Shutdown Implementation
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When you test the shutdown script through the Dell UPS Local Node Manager (ULNM) Web interface,
nothing happens. Follow Implementation Step 1 to confirm that Release 2 of ULNM software is
installed.
Implementation
To implement shutdown, follow these steps:
1. Confirm you are using Dell UPS Management Software Release 2, 01.04.0010 (A02).
If you are not using this release, download Release 2 software from
Select: Software & Technical Documentation
Software Downloads
Dell Multi-UPS Management Console and UPS Local Node Manager Software
[Release 2, July 2012]
Install Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) and ULNM
2. Download the perl shutdown script fro
Select: Software & Technical Documentation
Software Downloads
shutdownESXi.zip
3. Copy the perl shutdown script from your computer to the vMA (with winSCP or scp command
line).
4. Move the perl shutdown script in the application bin folder
‘/usr/local/Dell/UPSLocalNodeManager/bin/virt_tools/’:
# mv shutdownEsxi.pl /usr/local/Dell/UPSLocalNodeManager/bin/virt_tools/
5. Go to this script folder:
# cd /usr/local/Dell/UPSLocalNodeManager/bin/virt_tools/
6. Test the script with the command line in the documentation:
# perl shutdownESXi.pl --server esxi01.domain.com --username root --password
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Advanced information
Once you are sure that the “LWP::UserAgent” perl module version is older than the expected one, you
can directly modify the existing “shutdownESXi.pl” script in the folder,
“/usr/local/Dell/UPSLocalNodeManager/bin/virt_tools/” without having to download the
workaround. You can simply add the following at the beginning of the existing “shutdownESXi.pl”
script: