Schedule ESX shutdown

[dCourtel]

Hello all, for a maintenance operation, I need to shutdown an ESXi (vSphere 4 - Standard) at 5h00 AM. I don't want to wake up at this time only to press one button . I would like to schedule this.

I have already scheduled VMs shutdown in the vSphere client. But I don't see how i can schedule ESX shutdown.

How can I do ?

Thanks.

[GaneshNetworks]

Take a look at - Schedule Shutdown Esxi (v5) | something somewhere

[dCourtel]

Do we have a Powershell command to do that ?

[GaneshNetworks]

PowerCLI can help you.

There is a cmdlet called "Stop-VMHost", which will down ESXi server(s). Add the list of ESXi servers with this cmdlet and save it as PS1 file. Refer Stop-VMHost - vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference for more parameters.

To add your script in schedule task, refer http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/07/10/running-a-powercli-scheduled-task/

[dCourtel]

Thanks for your answer. I have Schedule a PS1 script like this :

     add-pssnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

     Connect-VIServer -Server LocalHost

     Stop-VMHost -VMHost MyESX.Local -Force -Confirm: $false

And it works great.

[GaneshNetworks]

Good to know