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      tiagom
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      Likely a good idea to provide the make and perhaps the model of the UPS's.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @mazterjedi
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        @mazterjedi said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

        Alright, here is another one....

        So I have a couple of beefy UPS's that I would normally load their monitoring software on a Windows server, and the UPS would tell Windows to shutdown when the battery reaches a certain threshold after a power outage. So, how can I mimic this in Xenserver?

        That totally depends on your UPS vendor. How do you handle it in VMware, KVM, Linux, Solaris or any other non-Windows enterprise platform?

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          momurda
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          Last i checked, UPS support in Xenserver 6.5 was having a physical Windows box with XenCenter installed and hooked to ups. that box would detect power loss and use xe commands to shutdown your guests and hosts. that is how i set it up here a few months ago.
          edit:
          http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX119910

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            scottalanmiller @momurda
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            @momurda said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

            Last i checked, UPS support in Xenserver 6.5 was having a physical Windows box with XenCenter installed and hooked to ups. that box would detect power loss and use xe commands to shutdown your guests and hosts. that is how i set it up here a few months ago.

            That would work for Windows-only UPS units. Most should talk to other things, though, since enterprise datacenters don't have Windows everywhere for that stuff.

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            • momurdaM
              momurda @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller oh right that is only for apc power chute.

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                scottalanmiller @momurda
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                @momurda said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                @scottalanmiller oh right that is only for apc power chute.

                Yeah, that one I'd expect. They've always been Windows-only.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  But if we are dealing with APC PowerChute, even thought officially APC does not provide non-Windows tools, they don't need to as Linux talks to it natively.

                  http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-centos-rhel-install-apcups/

                  This should work for XenServer as well, if it is APC.

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                    tiagom
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                    I was under the impression that you could use apcupsd for linux?

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                      scottalanmiller @tiagom
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                      @tiagom said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                      I was under the impression that you could use apcupsd for linux?

                      You can, that's the link I just provided 🙂

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                        tiagom
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                        Damn it @scottalanmiller ninja fast..

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                        • BRRABillB
                          BRRABill
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                          I am also wondering about this.

                          I have a non-networked Eaton.

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                            scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                            @BRRABill said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                            I have a non-networked Eaton.

                            What tools does Eaton provide?

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                            • BRRABillB
                              BRRABill @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller

                              Well, the software that came with this UPS is Windows only.

                              But perhaps something else will work.

                              They were really trying to push the higher end units to get the additional software and ability to install a network card. But we had a thread back in the day saying that probably could be worked around.

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                                tiagom @BRRABill
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                                @BRRABill Looks like eaton supports xenserver

                                http://powerquality.eaton.com/Products-services/Power-Management/Software-Drivers/Intelligent-PM.asp

                                Youtube Video

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                                • BRRABillB
                                  BRRABill @tiagom
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                                  @tiagom said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                                  @BRRABill Looks like eaton supports xenserver

                                  http://powerquality.eaton.com/Products-services/Power-Management/Software-Drivers/Intelligent-PM.asp

                                  Youtube Video

                                  Not sure that works with my UPS. (The 5S.)

                                  The software is one of the selling points of the higher level UPSes.

                                  @scottalanmiller are any of the Eaton peeps still here?

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                                    @BRRABill said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                                    @scottalanmiller are any of the Eaton peeps still here?

                                    Haven't seen them, maybe @Minion-Queen knows?

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                                    • BRRABillB
                                      BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                                      @BRRABill said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                                      @scottalanmiller are any of the Eaton peeps still here?

                                      Haven't seen them, maybe @Minion-Queen knows?

                                      Yeah, me either, which is why I asked.

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                                        tiagom @BRRABill
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                                        @BRRABill said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                                        rts xenserver

                                        According to this

                                        http://lit.powerware.com/ll_download.asp?file=IPSS-UPS-Connectivity-Compatibility-List-June2016.pdf

                                        it does over usb.

                                        Nope im wrong.Only UPS Companion is supported.

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                                          BRRABill @tiagom
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                                          @tiagom said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                                          @BRRABill said in Xenserver 7 UPS monitoring:

                                          rts xenserver

                                          According to this

                                          http://lit.powerware.com/ll_download.asp?file=IPSS-UPS-Connectivity-Compatibility-List-June2016.pdf

                                          it does over usb.

                                          Nope im wrong.Only UPS Companion is supported.

                                          Yes, exactly the issue.

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                                            tiagom @BRRABill
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                                            @BRRABill what about using http://networkupstools.org/index.html

                                            It supports the eaton 5s
                                            http://networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html?manufacturer=Eaton&model=3S

                                            It should be in the Epel repo.

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