ESXi 5 Scriptable Power Management Settings Commands
I now use Proxmox VE use the tool esxcfg-advcfg Get the current Active Policy esxcfg-advcfg –get /Power/CpuPolicy Low Power esxcfg-advcfg -s low /Power/CpuPolicy Balanced esxcfg-advcfg -s dynamic /Power/CpuPolicy High Performance esxcfg-advcfg -s static /Power/CpuPolicy or use esxcli Get the current Active Policy esxcli system settings advanced list -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” Low Power esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “low” Balanced esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “dynamic” High Performance esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “Static” Remote from Linux ssh root@ESXi-HOSTNAME-OR-IP “esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “low”” from Windows plink root@ESXi-HOSTNAME-OR-IP -l root -pw PASSWORD “esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “low””