https://wiki.vi-toolkit.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Performing_emergency_shut_down_of_VM%27s_on_ESXPerforming emergency shut down of VM's on ESX - Revision history2026-05-30T21:17:30ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.8https://wiki.vi-toolkit.com/index.php?title=Performing_emergency_shut_down_of_VM%27s_on_ESX&diff=1073&oldid=prevWila: added VMware kb 1007934 Performing an emergency shutdown of all powered-on virtual machines on an ESX host2009-08-22T12:54:27Z<p>added VMware kb 1007934 Performing an emergency shutdown of all powered-on virtual machines on an ESX host</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>=== Emergency shut down of all VM's on a host ===<br />
author: VMware<br />
==== Description ====<br />
Gives you the possibility to quickly and cleanly shut down all the VMs on your host with only console access.<br />
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==== Script: ====<br />
Run the following with root privileges:<br />
cat /proc/vmware/vm/*/names | awk -F= '{a=substr($4,$1,length($4)-6); b="vmware-cmd "a" getstate"; print b; system(b); c="vmware-cmd "a" stop"; system(c); } END { print "Number of Machines: "NR;}'<br />
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==== Location ====<br />
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http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007934<br />
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[[Category: Bash]] [[Category: VM Management]]</div>Wila