Question - how long do UPS devices last?
I've been reviewing our server/networking UPS's out at our branches and have found a vast majority of them are 7-8 years old (some 10 or more, but not many) with about half of them having a battery...
View ArticleReadyNAS and UPS control panel.
Use APC BK650 UPS to supply the ReadyNAS 516 with OS 6,2,2, and have changed the setting for the UPS to "Enable Network monitoring of attached UPS". I then cannot find out how I go about monitoring it....
View ArticleAPC Back UPS RS 800 Powering Problem
So we had a unit, that was tripping. In sense that it would kick constantly too on battery then off an back on. I thought that the battery needed changed so I took them out for testing and came up 13...
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I think one of our Network Engineers was MacGyver in a past life. Jeff Grettler (Spiceworks) &Todd (Spiceworks), I think jump starting a van with a bank of UPS batteries is totally CATz worthy...
View ArticleThese TrippLite SNMP Web Cards Are Driving Me Crazy
I have 6 SNMP web cards on 2 ASPDUs and 4 UPSs. At varying times, they lockup and won't respond so I am forced to remove and re-seat them. It is so common now, that I don't bother securing the cards in...
View ArticleSantak UPS
Does anyone have feedback on the Santak UPS brand? I am looking at a Santak 6kVA Online UPS.
View ArticleShould I fix old APC UPC batteries?
I have a few old backup batteries that have given us issues.There is a Back UPS RS 1500 that has the red light on to replace the battery. It looks like...
View ArticleSmart UPS errors
I have a Smart UPS giving an error that the battery power is too low to support the load and then 20 seconds later it says that the discharged condition no longer exists. Has anyone else had this? Is...
View ArticleUPS for Dell PowerEdge 2900
Hello, I've been tasked with a few upgrades around the office and one of them is to purchase a UPS for a Dell PE 2900, after looking through UPS Refurbs and APC Product Selection I can't help but feel...
View ArticleAPC UPS - how do I get alerts from it?
I have two APC UPS devices. Both are the SUA2200RM2U model that provide 1980 watts. How can I connect them to my network so that if they lose power I can get an alert to know that my servers are...
View ArticleAPC UPS Purchase
Good morning SpiceWorks experts,I am looking to purchase an APC UPS for a customer which will need to hold up to 1 hr of outage for 1 Adtran router and 2 Cisco 2960S power load. How do I calculate the...
View ArticleSmartUPS 3000 showing bad battery light after battery replacement
A SmartUPS 3000 was showing a red light on the bad battery LED (Battery with X)I swapped the battery of SmartUPS 3000 RT with a new RBC43 battery and held down the test button for 3 seconds. It still...
View ArticlePlugging redundant power supplies into different UPSs
So I came into possession of two tripp lite 3000VA UPSs. All my servers currently have two power supplies. Was wondering if there were any downsides to hooking up each of the power supplies to...
View ArticleUPS Monitoring Software
We have three APC 2200's connected to our servers but are looking into having those monitored to make sure they aren't failing. We are looking into installing the network management cards into these...
View ArticleC7000 on CyberPower APC
I am at a loss and looking for advice. We have an HP C7000 blade enclosure hooked to two Cyberpower PR5000LCDRTXL5U UPS that are in turn hooked to auto switching generator. The generator also monitors...
View ArticleEaton Blade UPS replacement Parts problem
I have a Blade UPS 12 KVW. The control module died around 22 mos. after install. I understand parts break but my 2 major problems are the availability is somewhere from 30 days to 6 months from...
View ArticleEaton UPS VMWare shutdown behaving strangeley
Hi,We have an Eaton UPS with IPM installed on a physical server, trying to shutdown via VCentre plugin. VMware is in HA mode and we have not enabled maintenance modein IPM. The plugin seems to be...
View ArticleHyperV UPS install question
Hello,We have a server 2012 box with a HyperV 2012 Exchange inside it.I am install an APC Smart-UPS 3000.What is the best way to set this up?Do you install the agent on the HyperV server as well? Or...
View ArticleUPS setup for ESXi boxes via USB
Hi all,Having some trouble getting a UPS set up for automatic shutdown. Scenario I have is1x APC smart UPS 1000 with only serial and USB interface, no network4x VMWare hosts running ESXi 5.5 on 3 and...
View ArticleTesting Your UPS
Something happened the other day that has me wondering if there is really a good way to test a UPS system.I have two rack mounted 450 Joule UPS backups. One handles three servers and the other handles...
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