service apcupsd status (or cat /var/log/apcupsd.events) Craig On Feb 8, 2013, at 9:54 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:54 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >>> >>>>> As we have every day, we had a power blip overnight. one, at least, of >>>>> the servers connected to a SmartUPS via cable, announced that "power >>>>> exhausted, initiating shutdown" (which I've disabled). >>>>> >>>>> The thing is, I know the servers on that UPS draw a ridiculous amount >>>>> of power, but I don't see that on the others... and this was three >>>>> seconds, not minutes, after it announced there was a power outage. >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone else seen this behavior? >>>> >>>> You mean UPS's behaving badly? Yes, they break like everything else, >>>> especially the batteries. >>> >>> Nah, I think it's something with apcupsd. >> >> Doesn't it log the message as received from the UPS? It if has a >> network interface you should be get messages via syslog, email, snmp, >> etc., and there is probably a web interface with status showing >> expected battery capacity at the current load. > > The entire contents of that incident. I see nothing in messages. > > 2013-02-07 17:38:19 -0500 Power failure. > 2013-02-07 17:38:21 -0500 Battery power exhausted. > 2013-02-07 17:38:21 -0500 Initiating system shutdown! > 2013-02-07 17:38:21 -0500 User logins prohibited > 2013-02-07 17:38:23 -0500 Power is back. UPS running on mains. > 2013-02-07 17:38:23 -0500 Allowing logins > > Two seconds? > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Craig White ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ craig.white at ttiltd.com 1.800.869.6908 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.ttiassessments.com Improving Productivity and Communication in the Workplace Webinar https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/353378831 February 21, 2013, 11am EST Enhanced productivity begins with effective communication -- providing clear information, communicating honestly, listening, asking questions, letting others talk, and bringing a positive approach when engaging in difficult conversations.