Passing the shutdown control to RCCMD when using a single host

Go to VMware Settings:

If you haven’t configured RCCMD yet, it prompts you for additional information.

Although RCCMD is installed as a virtual machine and is already ready for use, it cannot yet fulfil its actual function since the necessary access authorizations have not yet been stored. Confirm this message by clicking OK to open the VMware settings:

When using a single host, virtual machines can be powered off before the ESXi host itself shuts down.

Note
The regular shutdown routine requires the virtual machines and the host itself to be shut down. In this case, the shutdown duration merely defines the time window that the virtual machines have to shut down immediately after the RCCMD shutdown signal is received. The Maintenance Mode timeout defines the time window that RCCMD grants vMotion before the regular shutdown routine of the hosts takes effect. The maintenance mode in the shutdown behavior can therefore also be used to trigger a shutdown of different hosts including a time delay.

For Virtual Machine Management, select “by RCCMD”. Set Virtual Machine Behavior to Shutdown Virtual Machines.

To prevent RCCMD from shutting itself down, the VMware host must know what the machine running the RCCMD Client itself is:

RCCMD requires the following information:

HOST / IP name

Normally, we recommend entering the ESXi host’s IP address here. You may also enter the host name.

User

A user with the appropriate system privileges to shut down the VMware environment accordingly.

Note: It is recommended to use the user “root” or a user with explicit root rights to grant the shutdown of virtual machines.

Password

The password assigned to the user that allows RCCMD to authenticate itself as authorized.

The next step will determine how much time RCCMD should allow the virtual machines to quit before the ESXi host powers down:

Virtual machines take different amounts of time to shut down and shut down properly. The exact time, how long a machine needs, is very individual and depends strongly on the task and the provisioned hardware. To prevent data loss or damage to the virtual machine, the host can be instructed to give the machines a proper time window to shut themselves down before shutting down itself.

Shutdown delay indicates the time in seconds that the host waits before being turned off.

The default setting is 90 seconds: virtual machines that take longer will be powered off because the ESXi host shuts down.

You can check the access data with Check Values:

If the test was successful, press Save Changes to exit the configuration dialog.

Click on Verify to confirm the entered ESXi data as verified server.

You will notice that at the bottom right the Save Changes has changed colour:

You will notice that at the bottom right the Save Changes has changed colour:

You have made a change that requires RCCMD to be restarted to permanently save the inputs and apply them to the active configuration. This process is indicated by the green button.