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The apcupsd status is flapping from Power failure to Power is back

I just received an APC Back-UPS and wanted to have email notification during a power outage and a system shutdown before the battery dies. I have simulated a power outage by disconnecting the main power line but I do not receive an email because it…
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SSH not working when called by automated script

SUMMARY: My script which includes ssh runs fine from the command line but the ssh part does not work when the script is called by an an automated daemon (apcupsd). DETAIL: I've got an ESXi server and I've got a CentOS 6.5 VM on it dedicated to…
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Is there some software available to centrally manage APC IP enabled PDUs?

I am not looking for a recommendation of which one to use, just an answer as the whether anything to do this exists. We have a few dozen AP7921 & similar units that until now we have managed on an idivudual basis. Already collect power usage info…
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How can I have a deamon invoke scripts as another user?

I am configuring a server connected to an UPS. The UPS is managed via apcupsd and it calls some scripts when there is a power outage and when the situation goes back to normal. The server is running serveral virtual machines that are launched by the…
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Getting APCUPSD working with PowerChute (pcnet)

After configuring apcupsd and starting the service the service eventually times out and reports Warning communications lost with UPS. The ups is configured with the IP of the client and the client is configured with the correct passphrase (working…
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ipkg and apcupsd disappear after logging out of the session in which they are installed

I'm attempting to install apcupsd on 2 Synology NAS servers (RS3411 and RS3412) so that they shutdown when batterlife on the UPS (APC SmartUPS X 1500) reaches a set minimum. Here is what I do: - ssh into the NAS as root - install ipkg (sh…
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Configure the UPS apcupsd demon to run a script?

I have a ups connected to a Linux server with a usb cable, i installed apcupsd demon and i was wondering how to instruct it to run a shell script i created when a special condition occurs? i.e. the battery is 25% percent or the time left is 10…
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Graceful Shutdown of Ubuntu Machine with APC UPS - Network to USB Cable

So I have two APC UPS devices: Back-UPS ES 500 and 725. These two UPSes work fine but recently we had an extended outage and both of our servers connected to these UPSes shutdown and one of them had a RAID Drobo that suffered disk damage. Now I…
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