Anyone using sysutils/nut ?

[Mikhail Goriachev]

Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote:
>> Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote:
>>> 	The issue isn't with the upsmon or SHUTDOWNCMD... Its with the
>>> fact that /etc/killpower gets set, and somewhere you need to put 
>>> "upsdrvctl shutdown". Its during the "shutdown -p now" that at some point
>>> needs to be run, and if its run in /etc/rc.shutdown then the shutdown isn't
>>> finished and shutting it off at that point the filesystems are dirty.
>>
>> Oh, I see the dilemma now. In my case my box powers off but the UPS
>> stays on till it drastically dies (if power is still unavailable).
>> You're trying to shutdown both the system and the UPS, aren't you? 
>>
> 	Exactly, yes.
>> So
>> then they can automatically come back up again when power returns.
>>
> 	That what I want to do, yea.
> 
> 	I think I'm finding that the UPS I bought (MGE Ellipse Pulsar)
> isn't really a UPS, but a toy.  Now to decide if I give the next step up
> (Evolution) a try or is it just wasting more money.


I got an MGE Pulsar EXtreme C 3200. In current setup it lasts for hours.
When deployed, my main objective was to shutdown the box, hence saving
it from disasters. I never considered doing the same with the UPS. I
guess it is time for me to finish the job.


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