Re: [nznog] An explanation of what went wrong at Mayoral Drive on 4/11

On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 18:32 +1300, Russell Sharpe wrote:

They weren't monitoring the UPS? Why didn't they get a trap or alert the UPS didn't have a incoming feed? mains or Generator? Most modern systems, including large (by NZ standards) have snmp traps etc to warn of impending doom

I would expect the alerts were shushed so that there wouldn't be a pager storm during an expected maintenance window. But a pair of eyes should have noticed the problem... Cheers! -- Andrew Ruthven Wellington, New Zealand At home: andrew(a)etc.gen.nz | This space intentionally | left blank.