Re: Power Policy Questions
What brand of UPS? How are you setting the shutdown configuration, in CP ->
Power or in the software that came with the UPS?
What I'm getting at is that the UPS probably included a management program
that offers more features than the one built into the OS. If it's an APC,
PowerChute Business Edition is free, and will allow you to control the
shutdown as you wish. I've never tried the built-in UPS management in WS03,
but it does seem kind of inelegant for a program to just "pull the plug."
APC initiates a regular shutdown as if you'd done it from the Start menu.
"John" <spam001(at)plasticcircus(dot)com> wrote in message
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>I have a server running off of a UPS. I disconnected the UPS's power to
>observe the results.
>
> My power policy is set so the server will shutdown then the UPS reached
> 30%, and that when the power button is pressed on the server the server is
> also to shutdown.
>
> During my test I noticed some undesirable behaviors.
> 1. When the power button is pressed a shutdown dialog box which is only
> displayed during a local logon. must first be confirmed before the server
> will shutdown.
> 2. When the server UPS reaches 30% instead of safely shutting down, the
> server just severs it's own power.
>
> This leaves with 2 questions.
> 1. How do I disable the confirmation dialog box, so if power is lost, I do
> not need to logon to the server to shut it down.
> 2. Is there a way for my server to safely shutdown rather than just
> disconnect power, it kind of defeats the purpose of the UPS
>
> Thank you,
> John
>
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