[hobbit] UPS units

[Josh Luthman]

Thanks in advance for your input.  Much appreciated.  I look forward to
reading your scripts!

I will not be wanting to shut my servers down, but instead switch them over
to generators rather then the AC power.  The generators we have at each site
are not good/smart enough to take in AC power and kick on when it drops,
unfortunately.

Josh Luthman
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On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Bill Arlofski <waa-hobbitml at revpol.com>wrote:

>
> Josh Luthman wrote:
> > I haven't looked into the mailing list very closely in the past.  From
> what
> > I know, we're still using "Hobbit", right?
> >
> > I'm looking at getting a full suit of new UPS units and I would like to
> see
> > what everyone is using out there.  I would really like to find something
> > that works well with Hobbit so I can monitor them as easy as possible.  I
> > will need to have Hobbit go red when power is down (batteries
> discharging)
> > is really my main concern here.  More details would be prettier, though
> =)
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
>
> Hi Josh...
>
> I have been using NUT (Network Ups Tools - http://eu1.networkupstools.org/)
> to monitor some APC UPSes. NUT is an excellent client/server UPS monitoring
> tool that allows you to automate the shutdown of multiple servers using AC
> power from one UPS when the battery is getting low. It can monitor many
> types
> of UPSes, and its client-server construction makes it well-suited to be
> monitored by other tools like hobbit, for instance.
>
> I have created several hobbit client scripts to pull information from the
> NUT
> server. These scripts are monitoring and graphing the following stats from
> (currently) two UPSes at one of my client's sites:
>
> bat-charge %
> ups-load %
> in-voltage
> out-voltage
> bat-voltage
>
>
> I have been planning (for quite some time now) to get these things cleaned
> up
> and get them on the shire so everyone can make use of them. I have been far
> too busy though... I have a few projects coming to a close and may have
> time
> in the coming weeks to get these up there.
>
> Let me take a quick look at my scripts in their current state. Perhaps if
> they
> look reasonable enough, and some people are interested, I may just post
> them
> here with minimal instructions before I get a completed package ready for
> the
> shire.
>
> The only pre-requisite to deploying my scripts is that NUT is currently
> installed, running properly and monitoring at least one of your UPSes.
>
> Let me know if this is of interest.   I am looking to give back to the
> hobbit
> community and this might be a perfect chance. :)
>
>
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