[ILUG] UPS Monitoring

[Cian Davis]

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Tom,
If it's an APC UPS, then apcupsd should do what you want (maybe with a
few scripts added). I think apcupsd also supports some non-APC UPSs. A
quick google should sort you.

Regards,
Cian

Thomas Rooney wrote on 24/09/07 17:59:
> Hi All
>
> I have a new Dell server with redundant power supply's it is running
> ubuntu feisty.
> The building its in is served by two ESB connections one of which is
> on the same
> grid as the Matter Hospital it has never gone down ever.
>
> So what I want to do is plug our UPS into the the good grid and
> connect it to the
> server and also plug the server into the not so good grid, sort of
> belt and braces.
> In the unlikely event that the Matter Hospitals power does go down I
> would like
> the server to send an email to my sms gateway and alert me to the
> fact. The UPS
> has a serial port on it that I imagine would send some info to the
> server to let it
> know that its running on battery's and it should shut its self down,
> sending the all
> important email before it does and also letting the other server on
> the UPS know
> about the power failure and have it shut down also, this could be
> done over SSH
> one would think.
>
> So to cut this short where do I start?
>
> Any and all suggestions welcome.
>
> Kind Regards
> Tom
>
>

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