Redundant UPS

[valepe]

I searched the forums but I don't find anything useful.
I'll install Scale in a short time but I need to manage two UPSes.

It seems that TrueNAS still isn't able to monitor multiple UPSes so I'm searching for a workaround.
First I thinked to modify the ix-ups script to create customized nut files but I can't find it anymore in the middleware on Github (maybe is for Core on FreeBSD?).
I don't like much this way because it will not survive an update.

So I'm thinking to create a VM with NUT-UPS to:
- monitor both UPSes
- if both go critical, send a UPS shutdown commands with a delay of 5 minutes
- THEN one of the following
+ send a shutdown command to the host
OR
+ create a dummy UPS that host can monitor and shutdown (but I must be sure that host shutdown starts after UPS shutdown on the VM)

Is it possible?
Any other ideas?

 

[elvisimprsntr]

Unfortunately, TrueNAS does not support individual USB device passthrough. You have to pass the entire USB controller or PCI device.

Looks like it can be done, but I think you will need to install NUT on a separate client, perhaps a RPi. Then set up TrueNAS clients as UPS Slaves

Multiple UPS on the same NUT-Server • Aaron Weiss

Adding multiple UPS to your Network UPS Tools setup is easier than you'd think. Find out how you can expand your NUT's monitoring capabilities.

aaronweiss.me

 

[valepe]

Unfortunately, TrueNAS does not support individual USB device passthrough. You have to pass the entire USB controller or PCI device.

Looks like it can be done, but I think you will need to install NUT on a separate client, perhaps a RPi. Then set up TrueNAS clients as UPS Slaves

Multiple UPS on the same NUT-Server • Aaron Weiss

Adding multiple UPS to your Network UPS Tools setup is easier than you'd think. Find out how you can expand your NUT's monitoring capabilities.

aaronweiss.me

USB isn't a problem. Both UPS have SNMP cards, so they can be accessed via LAN.

How can I setup multiple clients in TrueNAS if it can monitor a single UPS only? The server (where TrueNAS run) has two PSUs