Issue:
PowerChute Network Shutdown shuts down an ESXi host in vSAN cluster before it has been moved to maintenance mode.
Product Line:
PowerChute Network Shutdown (PCNS) version 4.2
Environment:
Failed to enter maintenance mode on Host <H2>
There is a known VMware issue whereby the last host is unable to move to maintenance mode.
Resolution:
Upgrade to PowerChute Network Shutdown 4.3
PowerChute Network Shutdown shuts down an ESXi host in vSAN cluster before it has been moved to maintenance mode.
Product Line:
PowerChute Network Shutdown (PCNS) version 4.2
Environment:
- vSAN cluster containing 3 x VMware ESXi 6.5 Hosts (H1, H2, H3)
- All servers are protected by 1 UPS
- PowerChute and vCenter Server are installed on a physical server outside the HA cluster
- Data is located on ESXi Hosts H1 & H2, H3 is a witness server, VM setting is "FTT = 1"
- PowerChute starts a shutdown sequence and the hosts set to move to maintenance mode
- ESXi hosts H1 and H3 move to maintenance mode as expected
- ESXi host H2 does not move to maintenance mode
Failed to enter maintenance mode on Host <H2>
- ESXi hosts H1, H2 & H3 are shut down.
There is a known VMware issue whereby the last host is unable to move to maintenance mode.
Resolution:
Upgrade to PowerChute Network Shutdown 4.3
Released for:APC Netherlands
