How to install PowerChute
Basic knowledge of Linux commands and Linux administration is needed before user
should attempt the installation of the software.
PowerChute network Shutdown (PCNS) 2.2.3 or 2.2.4 is required.
PowerChute Network Shutdown requires VMware Infrastructure Management Assistant
(VIMA) 1.0 or vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) install on the VMware ESXi host.
If you need help installing VIMA or vMA please contact VMware support or go to this site http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/
When installing on VMware ESXi with vMA 4.1 please see KBase # 159736 for installation
patch. http://www.apc.com/support/index?page=content&id=FA159736
The VIMA or vMA client requires AMD Opteron, Rev E or later CPU or Intel processors with EM64T and VT support
You will need VMware Infrastructure Client installed on your desktop / laptop to log into the
ESXi host system. You can load the client by logging into the ESXi host via a web browser.
Communications ports 3052, 80 need to be open and 6547, 6548, 6549 depending on the
Download the
desktop client
Enter IPaddress
Once the client has
been instlled a short
cut to the client will
be placed on the
Log into the host
server
Import from the VMware Market place:
download from http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/ and navigate / browse to where you downloaded the file to and import from there.
Import from URL
If loading from CD
verify that the CD
drive is connected
on the client and the
CD is loaded into
the host system CD
If one has not been created, create
a mount point for the CD.
Mount the APC CD and change directory to
view the files in the ESXi directory.
sudo mount –t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/ESXi
Line Commands
From within the ESXi directory on the
APC CD run the installation script.
sudo ./install.sh
NOTE: If the install files were downloaded from APC web site you will need to copy the files to a temporary directory to be uncompressed before the program can be installed. Assuming you are copying to /tmp the commands are
sudo cp pcns224esxi.tar.gz /tmp cd /tmp
When running the install file
When installing PCNS 2.2.4 be sure when asked to enter the host server ipaddress, user name, and password. This enables communication between the vMA / VIMA client and the host server.
To verify the needed communications ports are open run this sudo /sbin/iptables –L
To open all ports – stop the firewall temporally run the command sudo service iptables stop
To restart the firewall run the command sudo service iptables start
NOTE: When Installing PCNS 2.2.4 the iptable is edited automatically by the installer. For PCNS 2.2.3 the iptable has to be edited by the user. PCNS 2.2.4 users can skip to page 27.
If the iptable has been edited have the administrator add ports TCP 80, TCP & UDP 3052 and TCP 6547, 6548, 6549 as needed for the instances installed.
To manually add the host server to the server list first check to be sure the server is not already in the list by running the command vifp listservers
If the server is not in the list add the server to the list by running the command sudo vifp addserver 10.218.45.20
Next you need to add the server to the fasspass list the command is vifpinit <server name or ipaddress>
NOTE: for vMA 4.1 the vifpinit command has been replace with vifptarget the command for 4.1 is vifptarget –s <server name or ipaddress>
