UPS Question

[Sean]

Hi

This might seem like a really silly question. I purchased a UPS
capable of suppling power to several servers, but it only has one
serial connection for a PC.

Can this UPS be used to automatically shutdown several servers at all?
maybe using some sort of serial junction box.

Sean

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hi

This might seem like a really silly question. I purchased a UPS
capable of suppling power to several servers, but it only has one
serial connection for a PC.

Can this UPS be used to automatically shutdown several servers at all?
maybe using some sort of serial junction box.

Sean

If it came with APC POWERSHUTE, yes.

If not, script it.

Use PsShutdown, tip 4086 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com





Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

If it came with APC POWERSHUTE, yes.

If not, script it.

Use PsShutdown, tip 4086 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com





Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

How would he script it? Doing so involves picking up the UPS
shutdown command, then shutting down the satellite server.
How can he pick up this shut-down command?

 

[Gerry Voras]

I think a more fundamental question is can this UPS run several servers
simultaneously to execute a clean shutdown on all of them. It might have
been cheaper to buy several smaller units, 1 for each server.

Having said that: Hook the UPS up to one server. In the UPS control
properties, have the UPS run a batch script. The batch script should send
out a remote shutdown command to each of the other servers. To be honest, I
don't remember what the remote shutdown command is -- only that I used to
use it to annoy other people in my younger days. It should be easy to find,
though.

 

[Enkidu]

How would he script it? Doing so involves picking up the UPS
shutdown command, then shutting down the satellite server.
How can he pick up this shut-down command?

The UPS will signal the PC server that it is connected to that the
power has gone down. The UPS software then runs a script to remotely
shutdown the other servers.

Cheers,

Cliff