Am 04.10.2019 um 04:32 schrieb Charles Curley: > On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 23:59:36 +0200 > Sebastian Hofmann <deb...@kaemmelot.de> wrote: > >> I gave it a try and it did just fine for multiple devices. > I take it that by "it" you mean apcupsd. Correct. > >> Problem is >> that there is at least one NAS I would like to connect which has only >> support for nut. Since all devices support nut, I hoped I could give >> nut a go. > You didn't tell us that earlier. That changes things. I didn't because my focus was on solving the package conflict problem (if possible). > >> If it's not possible to install both packages at the same time, I >> would need to leave the NAS without any shutdown or buy the expensive >> network management card from APC (that seems to be supported by nut >> without apcupsd). > Well, it may not be possible to install both packages at the same > time *on the same computer*, but that doesn't mean you can't run them > both on the same network. > > Try setting up one machine to run NUT and its apcupsd-ups driver, and > have the NAS box pay attention to that machine. Then set up another > machine with apcupsd to ride herd on the UPS, and have it treat the > first one as a networked client. I guess that should work. Currently there is only one computer (Debian) and the NAS running all the time. Other computers are more like 'run-on-demand'. That environment is part of my homelab. So it's an idea but not my favorite. > Or just run NUT on everything.
As I wrote, that's a possibility, but requires an expensive network management card for the UPS (to my knowledge). Cheers, Sebastian Hofmann
