[Nut-upsuser] 2.2.2-pre2 64 bit rpm tested on openSUSE 10.3

[Roger Price]

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Arjen de Korte wrote:

> Roger Price wrote:
> 
> > # /etc/ups/upsmon.conf
> > MONITOR mgeups at localhost 1 monuser mgepass master
> > MINSUPPLIES 1
> > SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -h +2 Arret systeme!"
> > NOTIFYCMD /usr/sbin/upssched
> > POLLFREQ 5
> > POLLFREQALERT 5
> > HOSTSYNC 15
> > DEADTIME 15
> > POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower
> > NOTIFYFLAG ONLINE SYSLOG+EXEC
> > NOTIFYFLAG ONBATT SYSLOG+EXEC
> > NOTIFYFLAG COMMOK IGNORE
> > NOTIFYFLAG COMMBAD IGNORE
> > RBWARNTIME 43200
> > NOCOMMWARNTIME 300
> > FINALDELAY 5
> 
> Can you please elaborate on the above configuration, especially what made you
> think it is a good idea to wait 2 minutes in your shutdown command. The zero
> delay we have in the example configuration is there for a good reason.

Hello Arjen, I live in the Alpes Maritimes in the south of France.  This 
is an area with frequent electrical storms, plenty of lightning and it is 
common to have several short power cuts in succession during a storm.  My 
strategy is to tolerate short power cuts, up to 120 seconds, but if the 
power cut lasts longer I tell my users, in french not english, that the 
system is shutting down, and I give them 2 minutes to save their work.  
My time intervals are short because I want to be able to go through the 
shutdown-restart sequence several times without having time to recharge 
the batteries.

If I lived say in Paris the strategy would be different since there they 
have much less lightning.

My successive installations of NUT have left me with an accumulation of 
configuration files which have built up over the years.  They could do 
with a thorough cleanup.  I'll have a close look at the upsmon.conf.rpmnew 
which has appeared.

Best Regards,
Roger






> 
> Best regards, Arjen
> 
>