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      alhaunts @mtk67
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      @mtk67 said in System Shuts Down when UPS does a Self Test:

      Is there any way to tell when the NUT server will next run a system test? Maybe I could keep an eye on things and see what occurs.

      According to APC, most of their UPS's run a self test every 14 days. Other brands, IDK.

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        dennypage @mtk67
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        @mtk67 said in System Shuts Down when UPS does a Self Test:

        Thanks but I didn't say I was running Synology as the primary. They are configured as slaves/clients just like the pfSense is. The primary is on a raspberry pi.

        My bad. Yes, running NUT on the pi is a good choice.

        It's going to take an update to NUT on pfSense to address the issue. I'm working on that. As a temporary workaround until an update is published, you could have pfSense as the primary.

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          mtk67 @dennypage
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          @dennypage No worries. Just wanted to clarify. I really appreciate the info and the suggestion for a temporary fix. I was beginning to worry that I was having a problem with the power supply on the device running pfSense with the random issues, but glad I found this thread and have a better understanding of what is likely occurring. I look forward to the fix in NUT. I may take your advice on the workaround too. Cheers and Happy New Year.

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            NeVaR
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            I would like also like to point out that I also experienced the same thing. I'm running Synology as the primary but it is running on DSM 6.2 so nothing change on Synology. In my case the system shuts down twice but gap is more than 30 days. I also check the log on synology and there no power outage. I'm guessing there change to NUT package that it is very sensitive? Also, have truenas and it didn't report any issue and didn't shutdown.

            EDIT: for the meantime, I disable the nut services for now.

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              dennypage @NeVaR
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              @NeVaR There is an issue in NUT in the current version of nut-devel in pfSense's copy of the FreeBSD repo. It is fixed upstream, and hopefully will be fixed in the pfSense copy soon.

              As an aside, I would recommend that you move the primary to pfSense rather than the Synology. As noted above, running the Synology as primary is not best practice.

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                NeVaR @dennypage
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                @dennypage said in System Shuts Down when UPS does a Self Test:

                @NeVaR There is an issue in NUT in the current version of nut-devel in pfSense's copy of the FreeBSD repo. It is fixed upstream, and hopefully will be fixed in the pfSense copy soon.

                As an aside, I would recommend that you move the primary to pfSense rather than the Synology. As noted above, running the Synology as primary is not best practice.

                Unfortunately, synology dsm 6.2 has limited support as nut client. I will try with another UPS

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                  dennypage @NeVaR
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                  @NeVaR said in System Shuts Down when UPS does a Self Test:

                  Unfortunately, synology dsm 6.2 has limited support as nut client. I will try with another UPS

                  It's been a while, but DSM 6 had support for remote NUT. They don't document anything but connecting to another Synology ("Synology UPS server"), but as long as you use the required values for ups name, user name and user password, it works fine.

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                    pfguy2018
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                    I think I am experiencing the same issue, as I outlined here https://forum.netgate.com/topic/185262/sg5100-shutting-down-unexpectedly

                    I get the following system log entries
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                    I am running pfSense as the primary, with two Synology-s as secondary units (slaves?)

                    I guess I just have to wait for the package to be updated on pfSense?

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                      dennypage @pfguy2018
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                      @pfguy2018 If you look in the NUT support thread, you will find executables you can use in the interim.

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                        pfguy2018 @dennypage
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                        @dennypage Thanks!

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