This is going to be one of those posts where I just dump stuff. Power failures are shite, and if your server isn't talking with your UPS, it won't shut down gracefully. This is the story of my trying to get APC's PowerChute Network Shutdown working on a ProxmoxVE 5.1 environment.
Powerchute Network Shutdown Setup
Note I opted out of using either nut or apcupsd, because I had a nice fancy Network Management Card (NMC2 / Schneider AP9631) available. Also, I wanted to shut down more than a single server, so a USB or Serial cable wouldn't do the trick.
- Install Java Runtime Environment:
apt install openjdk-8-jre
- Download PCNS onto your Proxmox server - http://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/categories/power/uninterruptible-power-supply-ups-/ups-management/powerchute-network-shutdown/N-auzzn7
- Extract the download:
tar -xvf pcns420Linux-x86-64.tar.gz
- cd ./Linux_x64
- sudo su
- ./install.sh
- When prompted for your Java location, use
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin
- I didn't enable SMTP
If the client is connected via USB or parallel, you can use APC's PowerChute Personal Edition, which will detect when the connected UPS has a power problem and can safely shut down your machine after a set amount of time. Note that a new version (1.3.3) has come out for Tiger compatibility (the previous version caused Tiger to hang on startup). PowerChute™ Network Shutdown v4.0 Installation Guide Windows Linux/Unix Mac OS X Hyper-V/SCVMM VMware 990-2838J-001 Publication Date: January, 2015. Tutorial for installing PowerChute Network Shutdown (PCNS) version 4.x on VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA). To learn more, please visit the APC by S. PowerChute Network Shutdown Driver (PCNET) As of 3.14, Apcupsd supports the PowerChute Network Shutdown protocol. This is an alternative to SNMP for use with APC's AP9617 family of network smartslot modules. Note that the older AP9606 modules do not support PCNET. To enable PCNET support, configure with the -enable-pcnet flag. Alternatively, the Smart-UPS RT 3000 units have an optional Network Management Card (APC part numbers AP9630 or AP9631) that would allow you to have remote access to the unit and would use PowerChute Network Shutdown to shutdown multiple servers over the network.
Results in:
Once you're finished with that, navigate to the new web portal on your server (second-to-last line in the output above), and complete the setup of your PCNS instance! Empire total war smoke mod.
When you're configuring PCNS itself, you'll be prompted for the User Name, Password, and Authentication Phrase for the UPS. These are the user details you use to log into your NMC.
By default, the Authentication Phrase is
admin user phrase
, but you should totally change this. Assuming you've updated the firmware on your NMC, you can set the Authentication Phrase at Configuration -> Shutdown
.Setting up your outlet groups and shutdown times are left as an exercise to the reader. :)
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To reduce the headaches that such convergence can bring, Schneider Electric, through its APC brand, has achieved certification for its PowerChute Network Shutdown v4.2 power protection software in the Nutanix environment for ESXi and Hyper-V hyperconverged infrastructure deployments.
The Nutanix Ready Core Management & Operations certification for PowerChute Network Shutdown gives users a level of IT protection not previously available, providing certainty that investments and data will be secure during an outage.
According to the makers, the pre-certified solutions removes the onus of responsibility from partners for determining the compatibility and integration of components in a multi-vendor hyperconverged system, saving time and money.
The APC and Nutanix alliance, says Schneider, delivers on the promise of hyper-convergence through a cohesive, total solution that simplifies typical IT commissioning and management, enabling a more optimised and efficient rollout of mission-critical systems. Disk doctor 3 5 download free. The certification is based on stringent testing and pre-validates PowerChute’s joint interoperability with Nutanix solutions.
“The growth of highly complex IT systems necessitates vendors work together to deliver efficiency, standardisation, agility and reliability,” said Rob McKernan, senior vice president, IT Channels, IT Division, Schneider Electric. “This certification and alliance partnership with Nutanix is part of APC’s long-standing commitment to providing customers with the most simplified, powerful and integrated components and solutions needed to support and achieve certainty in today’s digitally-enabled, increasingly diverse and highly-scalable IT architectures.”
Working in conjunction with APC uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and the UPS Network Management card, PowerChute Network Shutdown v4.2 provides graceful, unattended, network-based shutdown to protect data integrity and reduce system downtime when critical events such as extended power outages occur. The software, configurable via web browser interface, is highly scalable, supporting a virtually unlimited number of client systems with single, redundant and parallel configurations.
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