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Shutdown CVM through REST API

  • 5 November 2018
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Hi,

Does anyone know how to shutdown the CVM through REST API or PowerShell? I am trying to put together a script that would put the ESXi host in maintenance mode and would like to gracefully shutdown the CVM via script, after all other VMs on the host have been evacuated.

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Best answer by Explorer 21 November 2018, 16:25

I figured out a workaround using PowerCLI for this:



Invoke-VMScript -VM $CVM -ScriptText $script -GuestUser $CVM_UserName -GuestPassword $CVM_Password



So, pass the shutdown command (cvm_shutdown -P now) as ScriptText and let PowerCLI run it.
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I am interested at this... (through REST API or SSH from vRealize Orchestrator)

I'm trying to shut down host trough workflow on vmware vRO...
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I figured out a workaround using PowerCLI for this:

Invoke-VMScript -VM $CVM -ScriptText $script -GuestUser $CVM_UserName -GuestPassword $CVM_Password

So, pass the shutdown command (cvm_shutdown -P now) as ScriptText and let PowerCLI run it.

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