way to write an event when laptop goes to battery?

[rrothberg]

Greetings, sometimes when I come in in the AM, I find our servers have
been rebooted. Before I go out and spend some $$$ on a UPS, I'm trying
to determine if perhaps power to the whole place is going out, and if
so, when. I'm wondering if there is some way to get a laptop to write
an event to the event log when it switches to and from battery power.
In the meantime I'll plug in an old alarm clock . Thanks.

 

[Bob Eyster]

Hi,

To start with all your servers should be on a UPS. If there is a power
outage the UPS' will bring down the servers properly, otherwise you
could./will have software and/or hardware damage. also the UPS will keep a
log of any power failures

I strongly suggest you invest your money into some UPS'. In the long run it
will be the best investment you ever made.

 

[robr]

Thanks, I'm aware of all that and it will happen within the next couple
months. In the meantime, does anyone have an answer to my question?
Thanks

 

[Bob I]

Look for Event 6009 if you want to see whether the server was restarted
intentionally