Schneider Electric released an upgrade for its UPS management solution, PowerChute Network Shutdown v3.1, claiming enhanced virtualization support for its network-based server equipment shutdown solution.

The company said it worked to enable automatic virtual machine migration and “graceful” virtual machine and host shutdown in VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V clusters.

It claims this will assure mission critical equipment will be protected in the event of an extended power failure.

The vendor said with APC PowerChute Network Shutdown v3.1, IT managers can “feel secure” in the continuous availability of their virtual infrastructure. It claims PowerChute Network Shutdown v3.1 to be the only UPS software capable of triggering virtual machine migration without needing to leverage migration technologies such as Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS).

Paul Bohan, VP of network management for Schneider Electric’s IT business, said whilst virtualization has changed the IT landscape, the need for power protection remains. “In today's data-driven society, business success relies now more than ever on the continuous uptime and availability of critical IT infrastructure,” he said.