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Posted: 2021-07-01 02:26 AM
This was originally posted on APC forums on 4/4/2013
I have a SCO 5.0.6 server and the powerchute daemon , upsd, will not start. Is there any way to start the daemon and get a log of what is happening. I can't find any messages to point me to why it will not start.
Posted: 2021-07-01 02:26 AM
This was originally posted on APC forums on 4/8/2013
Bill,
Thanks for the reply:
1 - Is the com port configured properly?
As far as I know. This has worked properly but on or about October 30th
it started to core dump. The onsite admin never looked at the system. I
just found out since I was on a project.
2 - Have you uninstalled and reinstalled?
No but that was my next step.
3 - Have you tried to rebuild the com port? If the com port is
corrupted PC+ can crash.
Haven't done that as the com ports get installed during initial
installation.
4 - Have you checked the system log to see if it is recording the
crash?
I did but could not find anything. I am still investigating.
I have 17 of these servers spread out over 5 counties. This one had the
motherboard changed a few years back but it is an INtel board. It most
likely is a corrupt file. The powerchute software starts but the server
daemon is doing the crashing. Also the only way I get it to start (but
it will crash immediately) is to reboot the server. Any attempt after
that does not produce a core dump but the server will not start.
I will do a reinstall and get back to you.
Posted: 2021-07-01 02:26 AM
This reply was originally posted by Angela on APC forums on 4/5/2013
can you verify what version of powerchute this is? is it the older powerchute plus? i ask because i didn't think we supported SCO (unix?) on any of the newer software. just curious so we know what we're working with.
Posted: 2021-07-01 02:26 AM
This was originally posted on APC forums on 4/5/2013
Angela,
Yes this is the older powerchute software and it is the character based
one. I have 22 servers (SCO 5.0.6) and it runs fine on all but this one.
As a matter of facte it stopped working a while ago but I just found out
that it crashes at boot time. I get a core dump when it tries to start
at boot time. If I try to start it after the system is up nothing
happens.
Posted: 2021-07-01 02:26 AM
This reply was originally posted by Angela on APC forums on 4/8/2013
Hmm I don't know much about the older PowerChute Plus on Unix. I only know it pretty well on Windows.
Last time I had a question on this I was lost as not many people do know about PowerChute Plus these days but Bill P. - do you have any ideas or know of anything we could try in order to figure out what's going on here?
Posted: 2021-07-01 02:26 AM
This was originally posted on APC forums on 4/8/2013
Who is this Bill P? Do I contact him? I am wondering if it could be the
motherboard?
Posted: 2021-07-01 02:26 AM
This reply was originally posted by Bill on APC forums on 4/8/2013
John,
It sounds like there is either a conflict with another app that is running or corrupt file/s. A few things you can check are.
1 - Is the com port configured properly?
2 - Have you uninstalled and reinstalled?
3 - Have you tried to rebuild the com port? If the com port is corrupted PC+ can crash.
4 - Have you checked the system log to see if it is recording the crash?
Posted: 2021-07-01 02:26 AM
This was originally posted on APC forums on 4/8/2013
Bill,
Thanks for the reply:
1 - Is the com port configured properly?
As far as I know. This has worked properly but on or about October 30th
it started to core dump. The onsite admin never looked at the system. I
just found out since I was on a project.
2 - Have you uninstalled and reinstalled?
No but that was my next step.
3 - Have you tried to rebuild the com port? If the com port is
corrupted PC+ can crash.
Haven't done that as the com ports get installed during initial
installation.
4 - Have you checked the system log to see if it is recording the
crash?
I did but could not find anything. I am still investigating.
I have 17 of these servers spread out over 5 counties. This one had the
motherboard changed a few years back but it is an INtel board. It most
likely is a corrupt file. The powerchute software starts but the server
daemon is doing the crashing. Also the only way I get it to start (but
it will crash immediately) is to reboot the server. Any attempt after
that does not produce a core dump but the server will not start.
I will do a reinstall and get back to you.
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