Plan a stop of the host

Hi all

Is there a way, either on the host or through virtual Center, I can plan a stop of an ESX Server?  It doesn't seem to be an option in the tasks scheduled for the host to change the power of a virtual computer.

Concerning

Carl

Good to hear!  I copied my stop for a newly created directory, named SCRIPTS, script then it is run with. / PowerOff.  Use with caution, because when there is no confirmation if that's what you want to do.  It will immediately start the virtual computer closed off, the way he does it is will try a stop progressive of all VM running, if unsuccessful, it will then perform a hard poweroff.  Basically it will pull the plug on the virtual machine, after all virtual machines have been propelled off he will deliver a "shutdown-h now" to the host.  You can change this script with 'vi' to restart your esx and host, simply edit the line that reads down 'shutdown-h now' to read a "reboot" or "shutdown - r now".

Here is a link to a help to create tasks cron-> http://www.scrounge.org/linux/cron.html

I hope this helps!

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