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by jlawson2004

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I'm the admin of a couple of Win2k servers. Sometimes our building turns off the power on the weekends and doesn't let anyone know. My battery backups only last about 2 hours. Is there a way to set up Win2k to e-mail and page me when the system switches to the UPS's?

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by timwalsh

While it's been a while since I looked at it, if I'm not mistaken, the monitoring software that comes with the APC UPS (if that's what you have) has the capability of initiating alerts in several forms and based on several different events.
Also the UPS tab under Power Options on the Win2K Control Panel has the capibiity of initiating a program based on certain events. Here you would have to write a script or invoke some other program that would initiate the page.
Of course both these options require that the the computer be connected to the UPS using a serial cable, and the server must have some way of physically initiating the page (either modem connected to the server or server integrated with your phone system).

by timwalsh

Both options also provide the capability of initiating an email, but that doesn't help you in the middle of the night.

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