You can also run apcupsd in the global zone:

https://www.mail-archive.com/smartos-discuss@lists.smartos.org.email.enqueue.archive.listbox.com/msg00426.html

I think the driver IDs are correct as shipped nowadays, obviating the need for 
update_drv.

//jb

> On 04 Jun 2016, at 05:40, John Croix <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm currently sitting in the dark in my house without power, pondering the 
> need for an automatic means to shutdown my SmartOS server. When power went 
> off, I raced upstairs to manually shut it down prior to draining the UPS, and 
> I'd like to avoid a repeat scenario.
> 
> It seems like the best way to do this might be to have a dedicated LX zone 
> that runs the APC UPS daemon software. I can use it to touch a file when 
> required, and, in the global zone, monitor the file system for the presence 
> of that file. When the file appears, a power off command is issued. I just 
> need to be able to have the local zone access the UPS via USB connection. 
> Access to the LX file system from the global zone for monitoring is obviously 
> not an issue.
> 
> In short, I need to find out how to do the following:
>   Determine which device in the global zone the UPS is attached to via USB 
> cable
>   Pass the device down to a local zone (I assume via some zonecfg commands)
>   Determine which device to point the daemon to in the local zone
> Can anybody provide some info concerning the above issues?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> John
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 


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