[CentOS] apcupsd, odd behavior

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Toby Bluhm wrote:
> On 2/8/2013 1:23 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Craig White wrote:
>>> service apcupsd status
>>>
>>> (or cat /var/log/apcupsd.events)
>>>
>> Already posted the latter; the former, hey, neat results, excerpted
>> here:
>> MODEL    : Smart-UPS 3000 RM
>> STATUS   : SHUTTING DOWN
>> LINEV    : 118.0 Volts
>> LOADPCT  :  55.9 Percent Load Capacity
>> BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent
>> TIMELEFT :  10.0 Minutes
>> <...>
>> TONBATT  : 0 seconds
>> CUMONBATT: 27 seconds
>>
>
> You can specify in the conf file that shutdown occurs when it hits X
> minutes of runtime left - "MINUTES" should be the parameter. You're at
> 10.0 minutes left & if you have it set to something 10.0 or greater,
> it's probably gonna want to shutdown immediately at any AC power loss.

I'm afraid you've missed the whole beginning of this thread - I suggest
you read it. I know what you were saying; it's the response of apcupsd to
a power blip this morning that's the issue: as much as these servers draw,
there's no way that the UPS is out of power in 3 seconds.

       mark