shutdown-all-vms.sh

#!/bin/sh
# /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/shutdown-all-vms.sh
shutdownmode=soft # could be soft,hard,force
VMLIST=`esxcli vm process list | grep "World ID" | cut -d \: -f2`
for config in ${VMLIST}
do
        esxcli vm process kill --type=${shutdownmode} --world-id=${config}
done
sleep 2
echo "show esxcli vm process list"
esxcli vm process list
echo "enter maintenanceMode --enable true"
esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable true