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February 14th, 2008, 01:55 PM
#1
Another UPS question
Hi there everyone
Didnt want to ask this question in the other thread.
Bought an APC UPS.
Manual says RS 1000 & RS 1500.
Was just wondering if it was possible to connect the two pc’s to one UPS via the USB cable?
I would like to load the management software on both machines so they can automatically shut down at the same time instead of only one.
Is this possible?
Thanks.
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February 14th, 2008, 02:51 PM
#2
Probably not... but you might be able to send a remote shutdown command to the other machine. Something like psshutdown \\myothermachine.
You would only need to shutdown anything when the battery power has almost depleted. Keep enough left to do a graceful shutdown. Don't make the server shutdown as soon as the power goes out. The UPS is there so you can take some power down time..
Last edited by SirDice; February 14th, 2008 at 02:53 PM.
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February 14th, 2008, 03:49 PM
#3
Hey there Sirdice.
Thanks for the reply.
The ups is between two workstations, nothing to do with the server.
Can you explain this remote shutdown command?
Thanks.
EDIT
What would happen if you just get a usb splitter going to both machines?
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February 14th, 2008, 04:55 PM
#4
Code:
shutdown /s /m \\mymachine /t 60 /f /c "Shuting down in 60secs"
That's basically it.
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February 14th, 2008, 05:19 PM
#5
Originally Posted by Cider
The ups is between two workstations, nothing to do with the server.
Same deal. It's just more common to see one or more servers attached to a UPS
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February 15th, 2008, 08:51 AM
#6
Originally Posted by WolfeTone
Code:
shutdown /s /m \\mymachine /t 60 /f /c "Shuting down in 60secs"
That's basically it.
I have no coding experience whatsoever
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February 17th, 2008, 12:28 AM
#7
That's not coding, that's just in a command prompt.
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February 17th, 2008, 01:18 AM
#8
Originally Posted by delstar
That's not coding, that's just in a command prompt.
it is when it is written in a text editor and SAVED as Shutdown.bat
you create a short cut to it so you can point and click..
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February 18th, 2008, 02:00 AM
#9
I'd just put it as the command the UPS runs when it loses power. If the management software is any good, it'll let you do that.
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February 18th, 2008, 08:55 AM
#10
I see
So in the management software for the UPS there should be an option to run a file or program when it reaches a certain power level?
Can I just make it a batch file and run it ?
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