RE: Best UPS

Cyndi,

I understand your confusion.  The message queue QSYSMSG normally records 
certain messages immediately upon completion.  No further action is 
usually necessary.  It's sort of like a condensed QSYSOPR.  Evidently this 
doesn't include UPS messages.

Our old UPS needed it's batteries changed every so often.  Took about 30 
batteries.  When one or two went bad we had them replace them all.  Even 
though the rest weren't covered by warranty.  Technically the warranty 
just says that they will replace the batteries when they died.  He!!, we 
didn't want the downtime.  Just put in an all fresh set.  They were 12 
volt batteries just slightly smaller than a car battery.  Runs my trolling 
motor rather nicely :-).  (With a few spares to boot.)

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 





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- >Did you set up the system value QUPSMSGQ to point at your new message
queue?

I knew I had to have missed something ;-)

Also, we walked thru a bunch of test things on the UPS with the service
company. Our batteries failed the test. We have executed the SPNDMNY 
(spend
money) command and have a service tech with new batteries coming. We can't
remember but we think it was about 5 years since the last battery change.
The UPS service guy said that since the batteries are 'failed' it is no
longer doing it's self test. So, no messages. We think that one of our PC
techs turned off the beeper on the UPS when he was in one weekend working 
on
a server and didn't record the error message. Since he is out of the 
office
for 10 days at a training, the wet noodle will have to wait.

Thanks again.

Cyndi B.
Boise, ID
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