I had used a variety of APC and Tripp Lite products for decades, but wasn't as familiar with CyberPower UPSs. I had done some research before buying my UPS, covered here, choosing a UPS that was compatible with my efficient vZilla PFC power supply, without any disturbing/worrisome buzzing power supply issues (during power outages). I began my yearning for an elegant, easy-to-set-up, robust, and automatic way to shutdown ESXi during power outages way back in the spring of 2011. And remember, I can always check on the LCD on the front of the device, where watts can be displayed with a single button tap, seen here. For example, the web view of the appliance shows "0 Watts", but not a big deal, given the load percentage still shows, as pictured below. Remember, I don't have any official support either. All the other minor issues I discovered, I took the time to report, and may be fixed on a best-effort basis. For example, PowerPanel Business Edition 2.3 has high CPU usage under vMA or Windows, which CyberPower already knows about and is fixing. And during this long journey, I accidentally surfaced some bugs with their other versions of software. It's just me sharing an affordable option, a particular combo of hardware and software that works well for my needs. ![]() And note that this story is not some sort of endorsement for CyberPower (versus APC, Tripp Lite, etc.). But hey, if it works, why would you need support? Remember, this is a home or lab we're talking about, so if that's acceptable risk for your application, read onward. CyberPower's PPBE (PowerPanel Business Edition) does not officially support the PFC series, but is known to work just fine with it. So, what's the other catch? Well, here's what CyberPower support has to say. Hey, look on the bright side, at least you have an article to read and a video to watch, while you wait. Their site is bandwidth limited to 1Mbit/sec, which won't be fixed for a year or so I heard, so it'll take at least an hour. Sounds interesting? Before reading the full story, you may want to kick off the 670MB download from here (if that fails, try this link, choosing the last item labeled VMWARE). /superguide-cyberpower-pfclcd-ups-mini-towers-protect-your-homes-computers-and-entertainment.Using an affordable CyberPower UPS (PFCLCD series go for as little as ~$118 USD), with user replaceable batteries, and a free VMware-ready software bundle. No need to install anything in each of the VMs, other than VMware Tools. Also works.īut what about a better way? A method that'd be able to handle VMs running under ESXi 5.1 (through 6.0), automatically. Shutting down my new precious Windows Server 2012 Essentials VM is pretty simple too, done by attaching the USB 2.0 signal cable from the UPS to the server, installing software in the VM, then attaching the recognized CyberPower USB device to the VM. Power goes out, software triggers graceful shutdown. Shutting down my old Windows Server v1 system was pretty simple, done by attaching the USB 2.0 signal cable from the UPS to the server, installing software, then attaching the UPS. ![]() ![]() ![]() Introduction CyberPower PFCLCD Series available in 4 capacities at Amazon. This article has been popular for many years right through 2019, and it still works right up through vSphere 6.7 Update 2 and PowerPanel Business Edition Agent for Virtual Machine version 4.0! The latest info has been appended via detailed updates below. Posted by Paul Braren on (updated on Apr 22 2019) in
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