Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users
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- Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 1
User's Guide PowerAlert® Network Shutdown Agent Software Note: PowerAlert is not required to operate A: PANSA for Non-vMA Operating Systems 12 4.3 Alternate B: PowerAlert Local 12 5. Troubleshooting 13 6. Technical Support 13 APPENDIX A -- Sample Scripts 14 1111 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 2
battery event could be to shut down the virtual machines running on the host before shutting down the host itself. This User's Guide will cover the basic scenarios. Feature Comments Unattended computer operating system shutdown Must monitor WEBCARDLX, SNMPWEBCARD or PowerAlert Local for shutdown - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 3
computer's firewall software and disable the Windows SNMP trap service. • The host computer for the device PANSA will be of PANSA installed, Tripp Lite recommends you manually uninstall it prior to installing the new ). Current Windows platforms are supported. 2.3 Configuration After installation - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 4
monitored device; supported events vary from device to device. For a complete list of events supported by a specific command execution is used to spawn a batch file that instructs other external systems to shut down, such as VMware Services Detection is set to Automatic Start and is initiated. 4 - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 5
load capacity to handle the total power requirement of all connected equipment. 2.3.5 Security The PANSA Console must authenticate with the PANSA service. By default, the password to perform this authentication is tripplite; PANSA uses this password by default to perform the requisite authentication - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 6
than one edition of a PowerAlert product on a single computer. If a previous version of PANSA has been installed, Tripp Lite recommends you manually uninstall it prior to installing the new version. 3.2 Installation 1. Go to http://www.tripplite.com/software/ to download the latest PANSA installer - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 7
Step 6 below. b. If monitoring two UPS systems: i. Using the same instructions in Step 4, make the necessary modifications as they apply to the secondary section in the configuration file describes the options for each event supported by the selected remote system(s). The file contents described at - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 8
you must stop PANSA, delete all data files and restart it. Do this by entering the following commands: sudo service pasdad stop cd /var/tripplite/poweralert/data sudo rm -rf * sudo service pasdad start It is also important to ensure PANSA is configured to run at startup. Enter the following command - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 9
This is depicted in figure 4.1.1 below. Figure 4.1.1 4.1.1 Installation Step 1. Install VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) Visit http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/ for more information on downloading and installing the vMA on ESXi host machines. Step 2. Install VMware Tools VMware - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 10
more than one edition of a PowerAlert product on a single VM. If a previous version of PANSA has been installed, Tripp Lite recommends you manually uninstall it prior to installing the new version. Step 5. Install PANSA for vMA The PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent for vMA download contains all - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 11
and details for modifying the configuration file are the same as described for the PANSA for Linux installation. Refer to Section 3.3.2 for instructions on editing the configuration file. PANSA is typically configured for shutting down an operating system; however, this may not be the case - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 12
with VMware's vMA, PANSA can be installed on any supported virtual machine and provide the same functionality. This section outlines Figure 4.3.1 Instructions on installing and configuring PowerAlert Local is beyond the scope of this manual. For more information, refer to the manuals included - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 13
5. Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solutions PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent is not able to discover the desired device. Open UDP ports 161, 162, 3664 and 3665 on your computer's firewall software and disable the Windows SNMP trap service. The device's host computer that PowerAlert Network - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 14
. Refer to Section 4.1.3 for more information on installing, modifying and configuring scripts. Also refer to comments inside the file for further instructions on configuring the scripts for your environment. Note: Each sample script shown in this appendix requires that user names and passwords be - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 15
APPENDIX A - Sample Scripts 2. Shutdown VMs on ESXi Server(s) This script is used to forcibly shut down the virtual machines on one or more ESXi servers, and then shut down the ESXi server(s). This method does not rely upon the pre-configured shutdown settings on each server to shut down the virtual - Tripp Lite SVX60KM2P5B | Users Guide for PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent Users - Page 16
(@hosts) { say $host; $vmxcmd = `vicfg-hostops.pl --server $host $loginHostops -operation shutdown`; #say $vmxcmd; } exit 1111 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 USA • www.tripplite.com/support 16 16-06-564 93-3387_revC
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User’s Guide
PowerAlert
®
Network Shutdown Agent Software
Note:
PowerAlert is not required to operate your UPS system. For the latest PowerAlert updates, go to www.tripplite.com/software.
1111 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 USA • www.tripplite.com/support
Copyright © 2016 Tripp Lite. All Rights Reserved.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
1. Introduction
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2. Windows Implementation
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2.1 Pre-Installation
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2.2 Installation
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2.3 Configuration
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2.3.1 Event Settings
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2.3.2 Shutdown
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2.3.3 Command Execution
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2.3.4 Operating Mode
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2.3.5 Security
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2.4 System Tray Icon
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3. Linux Implementation
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3.1 Pre-Installation
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3.2 Installation
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3.3 Configuration
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3.3.1 Configuring PANSA Using the Java Console
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3.3.2 Configuring PANSA Using the Configuration File
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4. VMware Implementation (ESXi Server Environments)
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4.1 PANSA for VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
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4.1.1 Installation
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4.1.2
Configuration
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4.1.3
Modifying and Configuring Scripts
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4.2 Alternate A: PANSA for Non-vMA Operating Systems
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4.3 Alternate B: PowerAlert Local
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5. Troubleshooting
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6. Technical Support
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APPENDIX A -- Sample Scripts
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