In this video, I'll demonstrate how to install PowerChute Network Shutdown
appliance on a VMware ESXi host that is managed by VMware's vCenter server.
Prior to starting this recording, I have downloaded the PowerChute Network
appliance from apc.com.
I have also installed the VMware integration plug-in
into my web browser.
To install the appliance, I must first launch my web browser
and navigate to the vCenter Server.
And click Log Into vCenter Web Client.
Now enter the username and password to access the vCenter client.
Once in the vCenter web client, I will select Host and Clusters
and open the tree to navigate to the hosts
that I would like to install PowerChute Network Shutdown appliance on.
I'm going to be installing on 10.218.44.22
So I'll right click and select Deploy OVF Template.
In the upper left hand corner, I see a little warning
stating that I need to allow access to the client integration plug-in.
So I'll select Allow to continue.
Now I'll click Browse to browse to the location
that I've downloaded the OVA to, select it, and click Open.
I'll now click Next to continue.
I now see in Windows, it says verify the OVF template details.
And I'll click Next to continue.
I now need to accept the licensing agreement and click Next to continue.
I'm now asked to specify the name and location for the deployed template.
I'll keep the default name of PowerChute Network Shutdown 4.2 for VMware.
And since the host that I wanted to deploy on-- which was 10.218.44.22--
is part of the tech support lab, I'll select Tech Support Lab and click
Next to continue.
I'm now asked to select a location to store the files.
My options are NAS data store, which is a network share,
or data store one, which is a hard drive for the host.
I'm going to select the network share and click Next to continue.
I'm now asked to configure the network that the deployed template should use.
I'm going to use the default of IPv4.
So I'll click Next to continue.
I'm now asked to customize the deployment properties.
My options are to configure the network.
Since I will be using DHCP, as it states here,
I'll leave blank if DHCP is desired and click Next to continue.
In this window, I'm asked to verify my settings.
I'm also given the option to power on the new virtual machine
after deployment.
I would prefer to power on the virtual machine manually.
So I will not select that.
However, I will click Finish to continue.
I now see that there is an initialization happening.
And now my virtual machine is being deployed.
I will pause the video while the deployment continues.
Now that the deployment has completed, I will navigate to a new virtual machine.
Right click.
Select Power, Power On.
Under the Actions heading, I will open the console,
see that the PowerChute virtual machine is being started up.
I'm now asked a few questions.
If I want to see the current configuration,
exit the program, setup a default gateway, hostname, DNS proxy server.
I'm just going to click 1 to exit, since I am going to be using DHCP,
and I do not need to set up any of these other settings.
I'm now asked to enter a password for the default user of root.
And I need to verify that password.
System will complete the startup.
In this window, I'm asked to please complete the PowerChute Setup
Wizard to ensure that your VMware host and virtual machines are protected.
To configure PowerChute Network Shutdown using the Setup Wizard,
browse to https://10.218.45.217:6547.
The IP address 10.218.45.217 is the IP address
that my DHCP server assigned to this virtual machine.
6547 is a port that PowerChute communicates on.
I will create a video at a later date where I'll run the PowerChute Setup
Wizard, configuring PowerChute to communicate
with vCenter server, VMware hosts, and virtual machines.
To verify that PowerChute is running, I will log into the virtual machine.
The user is root.
Enter the password I assigned it during the configuration.
Then type /etc/init.d/PowerChute with a capital P and a capital C,
and then status.
I now see that PowerChute is running.
The PowerChute files will be found in /OPT/ABC--
all upper case-- /PowerChute with an uppercase P and an upper case C,
/grouplunch.
If I list out the contents of the directory,
I see all of the PowerChute files.
Here I will find the error log, the event log--
which are useful for troubleshooting purposes--
and also the PCNS config.ini file, which is a text file, which
is useful for configuring PowerChute.
Thank you for watching.
I hope this video has been helpful.