Re: Server dead in AM - Please help

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From: Matt Gibson (mattg_at_blueedgetech.ca)
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 15:56:17 -0800

We've got two UPSes on one server...and I'd love to have one more if the
budget would allow it :)

The server I mention has three power supplies built in, so I've got
redundency up the wazoo.

I trust nothing that has a moving part :)

Matt Gibson - GSEC

"Wes Chapman" <wes@online.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:OpUZwYqIFHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Sal,
>
> I had a similar problem with a single APC Smart UPS system. The server
> would reboot but no errors could be found in the event logs. We had a
> normal digital clock attached to the UPS and that told us that the UPS was
> not supplying power properly but when we did a test shutdown (pulled the
> UPS plug, the server would shutdown normally.)
>
> As it turned out, the power supply coming into the buidling fell far short
> of what was expected and the Smart UPS could not handle it. It wasn't
> just a case of the battery overworking but the Smart UPS not coping with
> the sub-standard power supply. We replaced the UPS and got the electrical
> comany to fix the problem and all now appears to be well.
>
> I'm not sure how you have got three UPS's working on your server though,
> do you have three power supplies? If not, could the configuration of the
> UPS's be the problem?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Wes
>
> Sal Candela wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm having a real problem with my 2003 SBS. Twice in three weeks, I find
>> the server "off" in the morning. The only thing posted in the event log,
>> will be the "The prevoius system shutdown at (time) was unexpected".
>>
>> This is also like someone unplug the plug of the server, or hit the reset
>> button (which I don't have). The server is connect to three APC UPS (I
>> checked them - no problems here). The server is NOT shuting down do to
>> power lost, nor can I find that it "blue screened" and restart - just
>> "off". The server is in a locked room with no access but me.
>>
>> Any idea here where to start?? Anybody else with a gremlin running
>> around??
>>

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