APC Powerchute on SCO UNIX

[MadhuMs]

Respected Sirs,

I am working as a system administrator for a network having 50 character terminals. (server connected to APC,Powerchute for SCO unix)

our problem is everytime, power fails, this ups gives a message about this to all users. This annoys them. Please let me how i should suppress this.

Also, HOW can i download/execute *.Z files from Internet to my unix server ?

Thanks in advance
Madhu

 

[Megabitman]

Assuming that you are running APCs on windows-based machines with the Powerchute software loaded, there is a check box on each status that allows you to notify all users when that specific event occurs (i.e. battery low condition). You need to go through and uncheck each event that you don't want to be notified for.

 

[edfair]

.Z files are compressed. Need to uncompress them. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com

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[stanhubble]

messages about power failures are SUPPOSED to be very annoying such that either the user closes their open files and logs out or they go and find the sysadm (who has probably been pulled away on some important business but needs to know about this)

sorry for the rant....hits too close to home

stan

 

[arizonasco]

The system is transmitting the power failure message so the user's can log out before the system shuts down. Kinda' important if you want to ensure data integrity when you come back up.

The command to expand a ".Z" file is this:

uncompress filename.Z

Remember this command is case sensitive so you must use a capitalized "z"