From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 13 01:22:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 184EC16A400 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 01:22:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2CA513C455 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 01:22:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from [192.168.1.29] (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D695E5C1F; Sat, 12 May 2007 15:22:41 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <46466861.8000706@hdk5.net> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 15:22:41 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060417 FreeBSD/i386 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jekillen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <23042ea705a53aea5d36bb86a06d3b4c@prodigy.net> In-Reply-To: <23042ea705a53aea5d36bb86a06d3b4c@prodigy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Auto shutdown/restart software for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 01:22:43 -0000 jekillen wrote: > Hello again; > Is there software for ups auto shutdown and restart for use with a ups > system that has the capacity; I.E. a serial connection and references > in the manual to software (for Windows mostly) download? Currently > I have a Vesta Pro 600 unit. I had one made by Minuteman that crapped > out on me last night. It had been doing ok and was a replacement for one > made by Tripp Lite, which also failed permanently. I am running one desk > top FreeBSD system, headless but with high speed SCSI drives in addition > to the boot drive. I am away during the week for at least 8 - 9 hours > during > the week and cant be there if the power goes down to shut the system > down before the ups exhausts its battery. > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > Jeff K. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Aloha Jekillen, I had a similar problem here in Hawaii with our 2 noc servers. I replaced the small UPS battery with a 100 amp stationery battery out side the box. It now will run for about 10 hours if we have a power outage for that long. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + + http://internetohana.org - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol