[SATLUG] APC UPS and monitoring software

[Eli]

bump.

(I would like to know about linux/apc/ups stuff as well)

~e


> Hi everyone,
>
> I've got a friend with a APC UPS on their little Linux server.  The APC
> died over the weekend and was alarming.  They shutdown the server and
> removed the UPS.  But when they brought the server back up, it wouldn't
> allow them to log in at the command line.  Odd...
>
> I was able to get in as root, but it kept telling me the system was
> going down immediately and I should log out.  Of course, it didn't shut
> down -- but it kept saying that for a couple hours (before I got there).
>
> I checked and found there were two daemons started in /etc/rc.d/init.d
> (one was genpowerd and I've forgotten the other).  I was able to shut
> them down, but the problem persisted.  I then found there was a ttyS
> kept open with mgetty and listening for the UPS signaling.  I commented
> it out in the /etc/inittab and rebooted (to be sure it wouldn't come
> back if they rebooted) and all problems cleared up.
>
> Problem is -- I need to replace this dead APC UPS.  I've looked at the
> new ones and they all come with USB ports, not the serial my friend's
> server was using.  You CAN send off for a serial adapter from APC, but
> that will take a couple of weeks (at least).
>
> I'm wondering about the new APC software.  I was wondering if anyone has
> any experience with the newest APC software?  Instead of using the
> existing software and a serial port, I may install the new software and
> use their newer USB port connection.  The question is -- how difficult
> is the new software to install and how good is it?  This old stuff,
> although difficult to install and a pain, is already there and did the
> job.  If the new software is just as big a pain to install, I'll stick
> with the existing and the serial port.
>
> Any experiences?  Comments pro/con???
>
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
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