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Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
Power Management Setup Guide
Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.
Setup and configuration
Learn about the initial setup and configuration process for BigFix Power Management.
Remove previous version
When transitioning to the new version of Power Management, it is important to note that the new version uses different collection techniques from the old version. Historical data is not carried over when the old version is removed after installing the new version.

Power Management
Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
- Power Management Setup Guide
  Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.
  - Overview
  - Setup and configuration
    Learn about the initial setup and configuration process for BigFix Power Management.
    - Quick Start
      Enable and configure Power Management by subscribing to the Power Management Fixlet site and following basic configuration steps in the BigFix console. The Quick Start subnode under Setup and Configuration offers analyses and Fixlets for adjusting Wake-on-LAN, Power Consumption, Standby, and Power Tracking settings, which can be accessed through the List Panel for deployment.
    - Manage Power Tracking
      Manage Power Tracking in the Setup and Configuration node involves configuring, setting, enabling, and updating Power Tracking capabilities, which are optional tasks that can be utilized during the configuration process.
    - Manage Assumptions
      BigFix calculates power consumption based on Active, Idle, Standby, and Off power states, using default assumptions for hardware power draw and cost per kWh. Users can customize these assumptions through the Manage Assumptions dashboard found in the Setup and Configuration section of BigFix Power Management.
    - Configure Historical Reporting
      Power Management allows users to view historical power usage trends and capture data for reporting purposes. Tasks under Configure Historical Reporting include installing the BES Server Plugin, configuring historical reporting groups, and enabling history tracking on a server for efficient power data management.
    - Configure Client-side Dashboard
      Configure the Client-side Dashboard by enabling and disabling tasks in the navigation tree, creating offers for target machines and users, and applying power profiles without needing to access the Offers tab. Ensure your BES Client version is 8.2.1170.0 or later for this functionality.
    - Enable Wakeup
      Enable Wakeup involves enabling the Wake-on-LAN Medic Utility to wake computers according to a defined schedule and send wake-up requests to Last Man Standing computers. It utilizes directed broadcasts without the need for Wake-on-LAN forwarders and supports versions 1.5.30 or later of BESWolMedic.exe. Ensure correct setup of RESTAPI for proper functionality, supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and above, and be aware of possible network security warnings from the BigFix Server firewall when running the utility.
    - Remove previous version
      When transitioning to the new version of Power Management, it is important to note that the new version uses different collection techniques from the old version. Historical data is not carried over when the old version is removed after installing the new version.
      - Disable previous Historical Tracking
        To disable previous historical tracking in BigFix Power Management, remove the scheduled task for storing power results utility by accessing the Windows Control Panel, selecting Scheduled Tasks, and deleting the Store Historical Power Data task.
      - Unsubscribe from sites
        Learn how to unsubscribe from a site by accessing the All Content domain icon, navigating to the Sites folder, selecting the desired site, and removing it from the work panel.
      - Remove custom analyses
        Power Management's previous custom analyses are no longer necessary with the current version, as tracking is now consolidated into a single analysis in the Fixlet site. To remove these custom analyses, unsubscribe from the older Power Management and delete the Power Monitoring Analysis site from the Analyses node in the All Content navigation tree.
- Power Management User's Guide
  Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.

Remove previous version

When transitioning to the new version of Power Management, it is important to note that the new version uses different collection techniques from the old version. Historical data is not carried over when the old version is removed after installing the new version.

You can run the previous and current versions of both versions of Power Management simultaneously. However, the new version of Power Management uses different collection techniques. When you remove the old version, your historical data is not transferred.

Note: Remove the previous version of BigFix Power Management after the new version is installed.