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Answer to this question:<br />
Any thoughts on how to make the server shut down PROPERLY when the battery gets low<br />
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beside the UPS driver, you have to install the software which comes with UPS or can be downloaded via manufacturer's web site.<br />
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So, I think that I gave the right answer, but it is your call tigermatt.<br />
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Regards
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Answer to this question:
Any thoughts on how to make the server shut down PROPERLY when the battery gets low

is

beside the UPS driver, you have to install the software which comes with UPS or can be downloaded via manufacturer's web site.

So, I think that I gave the right answer, but it is your call tigermatt.

Regards

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Hello,<br />
<br />
Having a problem on our Windows 2008 servers attached to APC UPS's via USB cable. &nbsp;The server automatically detects the UPS, and controls it like a laptop battery like we would assume it would.<br />
<br />
But, what happens when a power outage occurs is that the server monitors the UPS until it hits the &quot;low&quot; or &quot;critical&quot; condition, but instead of doing a SAFE orderly shutdown, it shuts down HARD, so the next time it boots, it comes up with an unexpected shutdown error etc. &nbsp;We are also worried about data loss/corruption as well.<br />
<br />
Any thoughts on how to make the server shut down PROPERLY when the battery gets low?<br />
<br />
Thanks... 
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Hello,

Having a problem on our Windows 2008 servers attached to APC UPS's via USB cable.  The server automatically detects the UPS, and controls it like a laptop battery like we would assume it would.

But, what happens when a power outage occurs is that the server monitors the UPS until it hits the "low" or "critical" condition, but instead of doing a SAFE orderly shutdown, it shuts down HARD, so the next time it boots, it comes up with an unexpected shutdown error etc.  We are also worried about data loss/corruption as well.

Any thoughts on how to make the server shut down PROPERLY when the battery gets low?

Thanks... 

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