How Do I . . .?: Use The Power Management Feature
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Overview Information
The power management feature enables you to control the power state of the machines in your organization. The primary reasons for using power management are to:
- Prepare your machines for maintenance tasks
- Reduce power and noise consumption
- Reduce operating costs
- Prolong battery life
To use the power management feature you do the following:
- Initiate power management commands from either Machine View or Scan View.
Use the right-click menu to immediately restart, shut down, or wake up machines. See How to Initiate Power Management Tasks for details. - Track the status of power commands using the Operations Monitor.
See Monitoring a Power Task for details. - To schedule a restart or a shutdown you use a power management template.
See: - Creating and Editing a Power State Template
- How to Initiate Power Management Tasks
- Scheduling Power Management Tasks
- Before using the Wake-on-LAN feature be sure to read Wake-on-LAN Implementation Notes.
You can use the Wake-on-LAN feature to wake up machines that are sleeping, hibernating, or powered off. For example, you might want to wake up your machines during a maintenance window so they can receive critical security updates. Or you might schedule a wake-up call for a group of machines that you put to sleep the night before so they are ready for the work day. - Power management tasks can also be performed by agents.
See Creating and Configuring a Power Task for details. - Perform a power status scan to verify the updated power status of your machines.
See Performing a Power Status Scan and Viewing Power Status Scan Results.