Power failure management for your critical systems
Whether you have a single System i or you run your business on a partitioned System i5, a loss of power means potential disaster. You purchased UPS hardware, but to be truly safe you need to automate the management of power outages.
You set up Robot/UPS by telling it how and when to shut down your applications, systems, and partitions. You can send system setup information and scheduled power actions to all partitions on a system. It is as easy to set up your partitioned system as it is to set up a standalone system.
For that extra boost of confidence, you can run a simulation to test your power-failed and power-restored schedules. Why worry and risk everything when you can be sure—before the power fails—that Robot/UPS will do exactly what you told it to.
If Lightning Strikes...
Consider this: It is 1:12 a.m. The only lights in your
building are the exit lights and the lights on the
System i, which has hours of work yet to do. Then, lightning
strikes and the power goes out.
Robot/UPS takes control as soon as the System i switches to UPS battery power. Robot/UPS executes each action in the shutdown schedule at the appointed time. As you specified, it sends messages, holds job queues, ends subsystems, manages the shutdown of system partitions, and executes any other procedures needed. Finally, with plenty of time remaining, it shuts down the system.
Don’t worry about moving memory between partitions. If memory has been moved to or from a partition, Robot/UPS automatically recalculates the partition’s powerdown time based on its new amount of memory.
At 2:25 a.m., power is restored. The System i IPLs, and Robot/UPS begins your restoration schedule. It releases held job queues, restarts subsystems, run commands, and does any other procedures you specified. Order the FREE Robot/UPS User Guide to learn more.
While The Batteries Recharge
If power fails again before the batteries are recharged,
your System i is still safe. Robot/UPS takes control,
altering its schedule to ensure the shutdown completes
before battery power runs out.
The next day, on the Good Morning Report, you see the night’s events, from power failure through complete error-free restoration. Robot/UPS protected your system.
Why risk everything? Automate your power failure management with Robot/UPS. Request a FREE information kit or a FREE 30-day trial while you are online today. Do it now, before lightning strikes! Or, call 1-800-328-1000.
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