How to turn off ESXi 3.5 U4 (free edition) by script

Hello

We have two Dell 2950 III 2 running ESXi 3.5 U4 connected to two 2 APC switched PDU which is in turn connected to a 8 KVA APC UPS.  I followed the guide of William Lam using VIMA to stop the virtual machines and hosts http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9531 and discovered that it won't work with U4 http://communities.vmware.com/message/1213115#1213115

My new plan is to install APC PCNS on virtual machines (7 on each host for a total of 14) so that the inverter can stop them gracefully in case of power failure.  The next step is to close the ESXi.  The RCLI can be used to stop the ESXi host?  It comes to the RCLI does not not for virtual machines with the free version or is - everything that concerns the RCLI, which no longer works?  The alternative would be to have one of the virtual machines, perhaps the same machine VIMA, run a script to close the outlets on the PDU which hosts are connected to.  I prefer the first option, but if it is not possible on the free version then it would be obligatory.  I hope that someone else has solved this problem before and can provide feedback.  Thanks for any help.

Mac

As stated in the thread you referenced, no vCLI/RCLI command will work requiring more read-only permissions, a stop at the host ESX (i) is considered to be a write operations and will not work. You can unlock the busybox does not support console and use SSH key pairs to initiate a stop, but you won't be able to do so via any vCLI or all VMware API through the read-only mode.

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