PowerChute Business Edition 9.5 and multiple UPS

[Anonymous user]

Hello all,

I recently upgraded from v. 7 of the PCBE Server/Agent/Console setup.
In that version I could log into the console and manage all the UPS's I have hanging off different servers.
I could see their status and logs, etc...
But now I had to upgrade to version 9.5 (v. 7 wouldn't let me login without downloading an update that didn't exist).
So that is installed on 2 of my servers and I have set it up as well as using SNMP v1 configuration.
But it seems there is no way to see the status of multiple units from one system, like there was before.
Is this correct??
If it isn't correct, then how do I set it up?

Thank you.

[BillP]

Hi,

The following features are new to PowerChute Business Edition v9.5:

• The Server and Console components have been removed.
• A single, unified Agent is used to manage any UPS device less than 5kVA in the Smart-UPS range.
• Multiple Agents can now be managed via SNMP, removing the 5 or 25 node limit.
• Additional glibc packages no longer need to be installed for 64-bit Linux operating systems, there is now a 64-bit PowerChute RPM.
• JRE Configuration Tool support for 64-bit Linux operating systems. The modified PcbeJreConfig.sh file can be found in the Documentation folder on the CD and on the PowerChute Business Edition Product Page.
• Support for SUSE Linux via USB.
• Security Enhancements
• SNMPv3 (in addition to SNMPv1) support for Windows operating systems.
• SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 support for Linux operating systems.
• RSA key size less than 2048 bits are not supported.

To manage multiple Agents the recommendation is to monitor using SNMP. 

[Anonymous user]

Correct I get that you need to use SNMP
And I have set it up where one agent will contact the other agent via SNMP
But my question is, if I log into the server web page, how do I see the status of the other UPS hanging off the other server?
As it is now, I can view the Event Log and see that the Agent has made contact with the server I am logged into, and that is it.

[BillP]

Hi,

You need an SNMP Management System to monitor the PowerChute Agents. There are many available. Some are freeware and some paid depending on the features available. A few that come to mind are Solarwinds, WhatsUP Gold, Manageengine, Splceworks. 

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

Cool
Thank you for the info.