System information

Red Book for AIX Rel. 7.0 and 8.0

Using UPS and PowerChute Software

Personnel in the Intuit Eclipse Unix department install the Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)

and PowerChute software prior to going live on the system.

Use the instructions in the following procedures to do the following:

• Verify that the UPS is communicating with the server.

• Verify the actual process.

To verify that the UPS is communicating with the server:

1. At the AIX command prompt (#), type the following command:

# tail /u2/powerchute/powerchute.log

2. Press Enter.

The system displays the following information:

root:/u2/powerchute# tail powerchute.log

300000 02/19/03 22:38:43 Unable to communicate with UPS

100200 02/19/03 22:38:50 Communication established

300000 02/19/03 22:57:03 Unable to communicate with UPS

100200 02/19/03 22:57:08 Communication established

Normally the UPS starts communication when the server is rebooted. You are verifying that

communication is established in the log. Ensure that the date and time are current!

To verify the actual process (./_upsd –n):

1. At the command prompt (#), type the following command:

# ps -ef|grep upsd

Note: To enter the "|" pipe symbol, press Shift and type a backslash.

2. Press Enter.

The system displays the following information:

root:/# ps -ef|grep upsd

root 23226 1 1 Feb 09 - 25:37 ./_upsd -n

Note: You may or may not have an APC UPS unit.