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wimble1357
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Dell 2950 Battery Warning

Morning Guys,

I have two vSphere 4.1 hosts which host varying servers in our network. We monitor them using Nagios and do a Nagios storage check on them. The two servers since putting this check on them have gone red for:

"CRITICAL: Status of Battery on Controller 0 (Health State Not Good): The physical element is failing"

When I check within Vshpere it has marked a warning but says the battery is fully charged. The DRAC also has no mention of a failing battery.

Is this a red herring or should I be replacing the battery?

Thanks,

Matt

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I'm not sure about Dell servers. However, the error could be caused by either a bad or dying battery, or simply by a battery refresh cycle. I'd suggest you check the vendor's documentation for related errors/warnings and recommendations.

André

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