Configure APC UPS to shut down multiple PCs

Assuming there is a user account set up with the same username and password on both machines (eg. user=dartcom pass=dartcom)

CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS ON THE REMOTE COMPUTER:

Control Panel, Network and Sharing Center, Change Advanced Sharing settings

"Private" enable "Turn on File and Printer sharing"

Add Registry Key

RUN regedt32.exe

Goto:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Right click and add new DWORD

"LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy"=dword:00000001

Taken from https://forums.apc.com/spaces/5/smart-ups-symmetra-lx-rm/forums/general/5355/how-to-have-single-ups-shutdown-multiple-servers

Open notepad and navigate to C:\Program Files\APC\PowerChute Business Edition\agent\cmdfiles

Open the file default.cmd (or create a new file e.g. remshut.cmd)

Insert the following: @START "" "c:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe" /s /t 10 /m \\server1 (where the /t 10 says wait 10 second on the remote machine and \\server1 is your remote machine that you want to shut down) and save the file

Go to Control Panel -> Services and right click on the APC PBE Agent service and choose Properties

Click on the "Log On" tab and select a user that has administrative rights on the secondary system. I created a new user with matching username and passwords since I am not running in a domain. Remember that if you need to change the password that you have to do it on all of the systems manually. The account should also be set for "Password Never Expires".

Restart both the APC PBE Agent and APC PBE Server services

Open PowerChute and go to Shutdown -> Shutdown Sequence and click the Configure Shutdown Sequence link

Use the dropdown to select your cmd file and then click Test and Yes **This WILL shut down your remote system if everything is working properly, so be prepared.**