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From: Al Dunbar on 20 Jul 2010 00:13


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>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> our W2K3 servers are too small to justify 3rd party applications or
>>>>> hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to send notifications to the LAN clients when the
>>>>> servers lose AC power?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideally - inform them when AC is restored as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanx
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Every UPS I have purchased so far came with a CD with management
>>>> software that did all of the above. What does yours do? If it only
>>>> writes an event to the Event Logger then you could pick up these
>>>> events with a VB Script and generate some EMail message.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> the application delivered is only for local use
>>>
>>> Event ID is ambiguous (7035) - nothing specific to the UPS device
>>
>> - Does the text for event 7035 tell you what happened?
>> - Is the the same ID and text for mains failure & mains restoration?
>>
>> Since the mains supply to your server is not affected by a mains
>> failure, only the UPS will know what's happened. Your only chance at
>> creating a notification is to find an unambiguous signal from the UPS.
>>
>> If this is not possible then a crude alternative would be to connect
>> some old IP-device to the network (e.g. a router or printer server).
>> If it derives its power supply from the same outlet as the UPS then
>> the lack of a ping response would signal a mains failure.
>>
>>
>
> 7035 is a generic start/stop indicator - nothing specific for the device
>
>
> but the description reads "The APC UPS Service service was successfully
> sent a start control."

Does the documentation indicate that this indicates some aspect of the
status of the power supply? IMHO, most of the "successfully sent a start
control" events indicate that a service is started on bootup of the server.
If the service designed to detect power issues were to stop itself when the
UPS was running on battery, it would no longer be available to detect the
restoration of mains power.

There might be some documentation with your UPS service that explains how
you can have it log the powerfail and powerrestore events you are interested
in. Or perhaps you can have it send a message to a distribution list.

/Al


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