Well, I set my shutdown timer for 15 minutes, and 20 minutes went by and no shutdown and no email that it was operating on UPS. I got a broadcast message on the terminal that it was operating on battery. It would be nice if the 'Alert' icon changed to orange and there was a countdown timer somewhere, but it would be even better if it actually emailed and shutdown. Anyway for clarity/reference, this is build 8195 from the 8.01 branch.
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APC UPS - help needed!
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The trunk build I have works for me. I set the timer for 1200 seconds (for testing I used 300 seconds) and "UPS goes on battery". I get the message the UPS is on battery and when the timer hits the console only shows the system shutting down. I like your suggestion to alter in the GUI and countdown timer would be nice too.
This works for my system so I can't state it works for every system/UPS. I'll PM you my IP Address, if you want you can d/l the build and give it a try.
This works for my system so I can't state it works for every system/UPS. I'll PM you my IP Address, if you want you can d/l the build and give it a try.
Just to try an add some clarity for people that might not understand what we're talking about with the 'branch' and 'trunk' source, here's my thoughts. The source that @joeschuck is compiling/building FreeNAS from is the 'trunk'. From what I understand, this is the stuff that's continuing toward version 8.1, which could be considered 'alpha'. The 8.01 release 'branch', what I'm building from, is stuff that's already part of 8.01, but continuing to correct stuff that wasn't fixed or included in the 'Official' release of 8.01 and will be included in a maintenance / patch release to 8.01 at some time in near future.
I could be mistaken, and/or stuff that has been fixed hasn't been 'back ported' into the 'branch' source tree yet.
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I tested Mark's version and his is clearly 8.1, which would mean 'alpha'. I wasn't able to import my settings from 8.01 using the saved settings I exported from my NAS. I also downloaded another version from the 8.01 branch (8214), and built it, and the UPS shutdown and email about being on battery wasn't sent either. So we're either stuck until they make an official 8.01 update release, or back port the fixes for the UPS, or you want to use an alpha version. (Which 8.01 kinda feels like in a way anyway...)
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I think of the trunk builds (8.1 tagged) just 8.0.1 with improvements. They should be adding more functionality although I haven't seen it, but it's always use at your own risk, but to be honest, all this software is that way right now. If you choose to use another build and didn't want to wipe out your current setup, might I suggest using a different USB flash drive. This is my method for testing something out.
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You're right, i just found a missing merge commit, which is responsible to schedule shutdown and send emails, r8222.
It should be ok for the next release with fixes for 8.0.1 (aka 8.0.2 or 8.0.1-p1)
It should be ok for the next release with fixes for 8.0.1 (aka 8.0.2 or 8.0.1-p1)
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This is why it drives me nuts to figure out what is going on between trunk and branches and I only test what is in the trunk because I normally see more updates going in there. William, thanks for correcting it. Protosd, let me know how it turns out.
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@William: I don't mean to hijack this thread but as you're posting in it... are there plans to add *Network* UPS support, either in 8.0.x or 8.1 (it's not clear from the 8.1 roadmap if Network UPS will be supported). Unfortunately local (USB) UPS support is of no use to me as I have a central UPS powering several network-connected devices, of which FreeNAS is but one... would be happy to help test Network support if/when it is added! :)
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Not that i'm aware, if you have any knowledge in shell script you could try tweaking /usr/local/bin/custom-upssched-cmd
Running:
echo "Shutdown" | mail -s "subject" "to@domain.com" from CLI
Checking logs, and make sure email notifier is enable in UPS service settings
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There are plans, yes, however this gonna be very hard to achieve without community patches as I don't have the equipment...
https://support.freenas.org/ticket/915
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Probably not useful, but this thread on the FreeNAS 7 forum details the hacks I made to get network rather than local UPS support working in FreeNAS 7. I'm obviously not suggesting the changes will be as trivial in FreeNAS 8, but with a bit of luck the changes to add Network support shouldn't be significant either.
In the case of FreeNAS 0.7, it was simply a matter of configuring the UPS driver to monitor a specific IP address instead of localhost, and changing the monitor "type" from master to slave.
Also, if you don't have any equipment I think there may be a dummy-ups driver in the Network UPS tools - would this allow you to simulate a network attached UPS (possibly even a locally attached UPS)?
If I can be of any assistance, please let me know.
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Ofc, there is a dummy-ups, but that doesnt emulate SNMP packets over the network ;)
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You must update the email address for root. By default it's empty, you need to go to view users and change email. Enter the address you want the messages to go to. See if that helps, unless you have already done that. That was the only tricky part to getting emails for system issues. I thing there should be a better way to set up notification emails, a single GUI screen devoted to email setup and notifications would be very helpful. It should also check on any other dependencies like if you need to have a DNS configured.
Cheers,
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I've created this thread to help debug any network UPS requirements - so far I can monitor a network UPS in FreeNAS 8.0.1, but the GUI needs to be changed as detailed in the thread.
Protosd, I had to take a timeout. A client required me to leave home for some time, but I expect to continue with my UPS tomorrow. As far as hijacking is concerned, it is most welcome. I think a working UPS is essential for the success of any NAS. I've read that ZFS is superiour in many ways, but without UPS support I'm afraid it would not be an option. So thank you - all of you - for building a working UPS service into FreeNAS 8.
William,
My shell scripting skills are a little rusty, but I did put some 'echo' statements in the script in different places and here's what I found:
- The script receives the word "EMAIL" in $1 when I unplug the UPS.
- The script never seems to enter the while loop while eval read $f; do
- If I comment out the while loop and put echos inside each case statement, it goes to the 2nd one
- I have 'email notify' set in the GUI, but the IF statement isn't matching the variable for some reason.
- If I comment out the IF statement, I get an email which only says "ONBATT"
So, it looks like if the WHILE is fixed and the IF statement is fixed, email will work when the UPS is activated.
Hope that helps narrow down the problem!
Edit: opened ticket #923
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