What's your frequency on UPS replacements
Just curious when do you guys replace your UPS. Is it done when you refresh your servers, wait till it *indicates* a problem, etc. It goes both ways I suppose. I've replaced batteries in UPS only to...
View ArticleAPC UPS Alerts
We track and maintain our APC rack mount 2200 UPS systems as part of our network maintenance, and replace the batteries every 3 years to insure we have stable back up power to help protect our...
View ArticleWhat's your preferred Brand of UPS and why ?
For work, we pretty much use Eaton as the support has pretty much been on point. What spawned this thread was actually my rumblings and musings, as I'm still on stage 3 of 10 post Sandy @ Home PREP....
View Articleups backup need help \
dear friends we are running 5 servers and about 30 pc's my boss want to install a ups which will provide supply to all 30 pcs and 5 servers for atleast 4 hours i need to know how many watts will be...
View ArticleNeed recommendation for a UPS/conditioner for a laser MFC printer
We have a printer that needed a new print server board replacement twice in 2 years. It is possible we have a buggy printer, but I think it is also possible that the power is not steady enough....
View ArticleAPC 1500 UPS query
Hi Gurus, I have APC 1500 UPS who make a noise this morning and restarted all the servers and switches connected to it. I sometimes hear clicking noise to one of the UPS. I have 2 APC 1500 UPS but I...
View ArticleWhere is the universal UPS power management software found?
Hi! I downloaded all of SpiceWorks just to have the abovementioned software check the status of my UPS' battery, but don't know where to find it in the maze of stuff that's going on in SpiceWorks....
View ArticleEaton - Communication with Device has Failed
I have 3 Eaton 9130 UPSs that are hooked in a redundant style to three vmware ESXi hosts. I also have vCenter on a physical server. I have installed Intelligent Power Manager on the vCenter machine...
View ArticlePower goes out "hell" breaks lose
So there was a power outage here last night. for about 110,000 people. 2 things here 1. Isn't it fun that every time there is a power outage for more than a few minutes half the ups fail and start the...
View ArticleAPC UPS Discharge problem
I managed to get a bargain on an older APC UPS 1000 which is ideal for what I want. Only problem is the unit states its discharged when it isn't (I don't think). There's a fix...
View Articlean hour of downtime for your business = 3,500 lbs of quarters
Did you know, if you paid for an hour of downtime in quarters, it would weigh as much as an elephant? That's 3,500 lbs! Check out our infographic - don't let your business get caught in the middle of...
View ArticleShutting down devices a device via Telnet/SSH from a network managed UPS
Right now I have an APC PowerChute Business script which shuts down our old 3Com PBX via Telnet as part of the shutdown sequence that's running on my last physical host that is hooked up to a UPS via...
View ArticleUPS log shows no errors but Spiceworks does
I installed the latest version of spiceworks and it's reporting alerts for our ups that are not showing up in the ups log. Specifically, it's showing that the "UPS device needs replacement" and that...
View ArticleConnectUPS Web/SNMP card Tempurature warning?
Is there a way to get this thing to notify us if the Temperature gets to high in our UPS room? Thanks.
View ArticleAPC UPS battery discharging for no apparent reason nightly
For about a week now one of our big UPS's in the rack has been discharging the battery for no apparent cause nightly cycling for about a half hour and generating additional warnings after the...
View ArticleHP Gen 8 UPS Requirement
Hi all, I am just setting up a new server for someone, it is a dl385p gen8, this is what was recommendedto them for their...
View ArticleUPS Error
We had a APC Back UPS XS 1000 in place for two of the Servers. Thing is that I was moveing a client and accidently hit it. It now trips into overload for some reason an wonder if there were any tips...
View ArticleSmart-UPS 3000 Off-line periodically
Hi everybody. Can someone help me? I have an APC Smart-UPS 3000 RM with an AP9617 managment card (both latest firmware). Starting 2 days ago the APC will shut down the support power periidically and...
View ArticleSearching for desktop grade UPS with network monitoring
I have multiple remote sites with some small network hardware (switch and wifi) but no PC. I would like to be able monitor UPS on the site so we know if there is a problem with battery or some other...
View Article11.9 Year old UPS, Can't seem to Motivate Company to replace
I've got two very old Battery Backup UPS's that are going on their 12th year in service and I've been stressing the need to replace them, The business owners are unwilling to replace them at this time...
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