APC UPii Monitoring via Windows from *nix Cacti

streaker69 · Last edited by streaker69 on Tue May 01, 2007 3:28 pm; edited 2 times in total

I've been following a couple of the APC Monitor threads for a bit now. It appears, at least to me, that to monitor APC UPii you either need to buy the 9606 card or use the APCUPSD for *nix. I happened to be doing an SNMP walk against one of my boxes today after I installed the PowerChute Agent from APC. At the bottom of the list was all the information for the UPS. Granted, it isn't everything that you'd get from the 9606 card, but it's enough to get a decent graph.

All you need is the APC PowerChute Business Edition software, which is freely downloaded from their site. You do need to register to download it though. You'll need at least one machine with the APC server installed and all the other machines as a Agent to the server. Once all the machines are configured properly, you should be able to poll them via SNMP.

Attached is an example graph and the Custom CDEF to calculate correct run times in minutes. If you have any problems, or at least if you find this useful, let me know.

streaker69 · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: C to F

The default output of the APC Agent is for Battery Temp apparently in C, for those of us that are not used to reading C, here's a CDEF that will translate it into F.

If ya use this, make sure you change the Graph label from C to F.

streaker69 · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject:

Just a little update to this. I just got a APC's NetSNMP card installed today and found that this template will work directly with it.

apperrault · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:08 am Post subject:

Streaker, Is this a template that i should import, or should i put it in the scripts folder? I tried to import it and i got an XML Hash error. I am running two APC units, and I would love to be able to track this information.

thanks

app

streaker69 · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject:

It's an XML that you import.

wjm · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 10

Great Template
I think the CDEF loads with a '6' instead of '6000' as a divisor
Also, the input voltage has '150' if you put 0, it will be OK for 220v systems

streaker69 · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject:

I've uploaded a new version of the XML. This one now includes a GPRINT for Battery Replacement Indicator. With this, you can set a threshold that when the indicator goes above 1, to email you that the battery needs replaced.

ABX · Cacti User Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 61

I have tried this template against a UPS APC Smart 5000, but the only thing I get is the Battery Temp.

streaker69 · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:41 am Post subject:

ABX · Cacti User Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 61

I'll try that, thanks.

ABX · Cacti User Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 61

Most of the OID's were ok, but they were missing the initial dot.

Old:
1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.1.0

Correct:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.1.0

Anyway thanks for the tip and the graphs are coming out nicely.

streaker69 · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:

ABX · Cacti User Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 61

No idea, for the record I'm running Cacti on Windows 2003 Server.

ABX · Cacti User Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 61

Here is the fixed version for APC 5000 Smart UPS, this is the first time I upload something so be warned.

zkenton · Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 47

sorry but I'm very new to cacti...i went to import templates page and tried importing this APC template you've developed and when i save it and import it says Hash version does not exist...do I have to edit this file somehow