Protection against unplanned power events should be part of a business continuity and resilience strategy for all critical IT workloads. PowerChute™ Network Shutdown plays a key role by connecting your power infrastructure into the IT layer enabling unattended, graceful shutdown of your IT infrastructure during unexpected power events.
At the core of maximizing resiliency is the workload prioritization in virtualized environments hosting Virtual Machines (VMs). Prioritization is crucial for optimizing resource allocation, ensuring critical applications function for as long as possible especially during power events helping with IT infrastructure stability and efficiency.
VM prioritization in Hyper-V environment
Microsoft Hyper-V remains a popular virtualization choice and when speaking to these customers, we learned that VM prioritization is just as important in Hyper-V as it is for VMware. As a result, I’m delighted to announce that our recently released PowerChute™ Network Shutdown v5.2 now supports VM prioritization in Hyper-V environments, which helps prioritize and sequence the shutdown, migration, and startup of Hyper-V VMs. I am sure this will be very popular news for our Hyper-V customers.
Simplified troubleshooting makes our customer’s lives easier
Complex virtualized environments require detailed operational logs readily available for IT administrators. PowerChute™ provides detailed logs that can assist in troubleshooting. However, in the latest v5.2 release, the PowerChute™ event logs would be accessible from operating system event log for a single pane view across applications. In addition, all PowerChute™ logs can be combined into a single zip file available for download with a single click, which makes it easier to package and share the full log suite with your IT Partner or the Schneider Electric support team during troubleshooting.
We remain focused on leading the industry with cybersecurity
CIOs worldwide continue to rank cybersecurity as their top priority in 2025. Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks are best practices for secure configuration of a target system. CIS benchmark level 2 profile is considered as “defense in depth”, thereby aiming to strengthen security across multiple layers. PowerChute™ Network Shutdown v5.2 has achieved CIS Benchmark Profile 2 compliance delivering enhanced security and reduced attack surface and increasing peace of mind for IT administrators.
Subscriptions and 30-day free trial available
A subscription is required for PowerChute™ Network Shutdown for virtual and HCI environments and various options are available via your IT Partner. Learn more at www.se.com/pcns where the latest v5.2 release which includes Hyper-V virtual machine prioritization, one-click log export and enhanced cybersecurity can be downloaded from.
A 30-day free trial for the software is available out of the box so customers can fully test set-up and deployment before deciding to purchase the required subscriptions.
The PowerChute™ eLearning has been refreshed to include an updated module on Hyper-V VM prioritization and is live now! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn by signing up to this eLearning.
Lastly, it’s important to note that mySchneider Software Management simplifies the management of our software subscriptions from a single location in mySchneider. Check out Product Management Director for the EcoStruxure™ IT Server and Embedded Software portfolio Sarah Jane Hannon’s blog here for more information on mySchneider Software Management. Also, here’s the link to a dedicated help center to learn more about the mySchneider Software Management.
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