Eaton UPS killing outlet power after mains power has been restored
Hi guysWe have an Eaton EX 2200 with IPM 1.4 powering two StarWind/VMware hosts. We've just had a power cut which lasted approximately 8 minutes. The shutdown procedure was initiated but mains power...
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What is your UPS philosophy?
What is your or your organization's philosophy when it comes to UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and your servers? Do you have a UPS in every single rack, or even two as a failover? Do you ditch...
View ArticleAuto reboot upon ping success ONLY AFTER ping loss (confused yet?)
Hey, everyone. Working with WattBox and Datto MP60 devices. Obviously the option is there to reboot a device/outlet upon ping loss, but the issue I have is that I want to be able to reboot a device...
View ArticleEaton 5sc battery discharge while off
Hi there, sorry if it's a newbie question but I've recently purchased an Eaton 5sc1500 UPS to use at home and I've noticed that the battery on the loses charge quite rapidly if I turn it off and...
View ArticleMonitor USB UPS's?
Fresh install of ESXi 6.7. Migrated some VM's. Everyone is happy. However, I used to have my couple of Tripp Lite USB attached UPS connected to a physical server which has now been virtualized. No...
View ArticleSingle UPS or split the load? 30mins + realistic?
We are currently rewiring our middle school (yay) and as part of the project we've decided to replace the current UPS setup we have in our central network room. Currently there are two Tripp Lite...
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What would be a good solution to replacing the 3 tower UPS
Hello Spiceheads, some advice here please.Instead of replacing the batteries in the 3 tower UPS there must be a better solution such a rack unit or a larger all in one tower style UPS.They protect 2...
View ArticleEaton UPS Noises
We have a Powerware 9125 and came in this morning to hear it running really high. After a few minutes of that, it will go back down and be quiet for a few seconds before revving back up. I looked at...
View ArticleAPC Smart-UPS displays problem with charging
Hi there all.My 1st post since I started work as an IT apprentice, so would be thankful for an advice.I am just investigating my company`s APC Smart-UPS SMX2200RMLV2U which displays me warning state:...
View ArticleGracefully shutting down [multiple] ESXi servers
Hi,I have two questions about the correct way to configure servers to gracefully shutdown in case of a [long] power outage...a. How do you make an ESXi server to gracefully shutdown?I know in a small...
View ArticleWhatsup Gold Monitoring for Eaton UPS
Trying to set up some monitoring in Whatsup Gold, for 2 Eaton UPS's. Not to familiar with MIBS and SNMP and having trouble finding information on the set up. Really just needing an alert for when the...
View ArticleUPS and Surge Protection for Large Surges
We have one location that has high winds constantly that causes power outages, and arcing of the power company lines from them blowing into trees, etc. Every time it happens we lose a lot of equipment,...
View ArticleShut down APc pro1500 ups backup power
I have connected 3 peripherals to APC pro 100 backup ups and used powerchute Personal edition to shutdown the 3 peripherals after the power outage. Similarly can we shut down APC power backup from...
View ArticleQuestion about UPS and 120 / 240 V and 20 / 30 Amp Power.
I am looking at the APC Symmetra Series and Eaton 9170+ and 9PX Series. We are running 7 HP DL380 Gen9 servers and 16 Switches, POE and non. Total 12000 Watts. We are building a new datacenter and I am...
View ArticleBattery not connected
i'm an industrial engineer working on a 40kva Emerson network power ups, after bring it back to life and replace all batteries. the information seen on the LCD screen says BATTERY IS NOT CONNECTED. The...
View Article5P1000 weirdness
I have a very odd issue at the moment with a 5P1000 that is just about crossing into about 3.5 years of service. A couple weeks ago I noticed that the battery fault alarm would trip and clear about...
View ArticleEaton IPM installer not responding. Intelligent Power Manager is unreachable
So one of our clients has just bought a new UPS and I'm installing Eaton IPM on all the servers. The old VM Host needs it as it is still 6 months away from being decommissioned but it doesn't like the...
View ArticleUPS / Battery selection for "extreme" runtime (5-6 hours) for low power (
This has become a recurring issue... In the telecom world, there are often situations where long runtime (1, 2, 5, or even 10 or more hours) would be required or ideal. In many cases this is a safety...
View ArticleBattery leaked white liquid
HiI am using Osaka battery for emergency backup, I just use it to connect it with 1 workstation and a room of lights and fan. Normally it runs for 6 hours continuously when electricity goes off. Just 4...
View ArticleAPC PowerChute Network shutdown confused regarding the settings!
Hi,I'm a little confused regarding the settings in APC PowerChute Network shutdown.I have installed the Agent on multi VM's and also on the Host.Under "Configure Events" I have set the "Runtime...
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