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Power Management
Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
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.
Manage wakeup behavior
Manage wakeup behavior through Power Management tools, including Fixlets and Wizards, to bring a computer online at specific times. Utilize dashboards, Fixlets, and wizards within the Manage Wakeup Behavior node to control wakeup settings, schedule Wake-on-LAN, and Wake-from-Standby tasks.
Configuration
Manage Last Man Standing Fixlets, Wake on LAN Forwarders, and Wake from Standby by Magic Packet options from the Configuration node in the Power Management navigation tree.
Manage Last Man Standing
Manage Last Man Standing (LMS) in a subnet by designating one or two computers, typically servers, to ensure the Wake-on-LAN feature functions efficiently. Use the LMS Selection Wizard to automate the selection process or define a custom set of LMS computers, reviewing and selecting candidates before finalizing the action.

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.
- 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.
  - Overview
    With the BigFix® Power® Management solution, IT organizations can enforce conservation policies across the enterprise, while providing granularity that enables application of these policies to a single computer. Specifically, you can monitor, manage, and control the power usage settings on the computers in your network
  - Use Power Management
    Power Management offers tools like Fixlets and wizards to regulate computer power states and reduce energy wastage from idle computers. Users can control sleep, hibernation, and standby modes through the Reduce Power Consumption node in the navigation tree.
  - Manage wakeup behavior
    Manage wakeup behavior through Power Management tools, including Fixlets and Wizards, to bring a computer online at specific times. Utilize dashboards, Fixlets, and wizards within the Manage Wakeup Behavior node to control wakeup settings, schedule Wake-on-LAN, and Wake-from-Standby tasks.
    - Setup
      The Wake-on-LAN Medic utility is a process that runs on the BigFix server. This utility manages Wake-on-LAN scheduling and keeps Last Man Standing computers awake.
    - Schedule Wake-on-LAN
      The Schedule Wake-on-LAN Wizard allows users to create and manage scheduled wake-ups that run on client local time without requiring special configurations. The WoL Medic component checks for scheduled WoL policies every five minutes and requires RESTAPI setup for proper functionality, supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and above.
    - Schedule Wake-from-Standby
      You can schedule Wake-from-Standby using the Schedule Wake-from-Standby Wizard, allowing computers to awaken at specified times without requiring additional hardware or network configuration, which is beneficial for devices unable to be awakened via Wake-on-LAN (WoL).
    - Wake-from-Standby tasks
      Wake-from-Standby tasks can be scheduled using the Schedule Wake-from-Standby wizard, allowing users to create and manage tasks in the navigation tree. It is essential to ensure the Windows Task Scheduler Service is active to run scheduled wakeup actions before the specified time.
    - Configuration
      Manage Last Man Standing Fixlets, Wake on LAN Forwarders, and Wake from Standby by Magic Packet options from the Configuration node in the Power Management navigation tree.
      - Manage Last Man Standing
        Manage Last Man Standing (LMS) in a subnet by designating one or two computers, typically servers, to ensure the Wake-on-LAN feature functions efficiently. Use the LMS Selection Wizard to automate the selection process or define a custom set of LMS computers, reviewing and selecting candidates before finalizing the action.
      - Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders
        Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders involves designating BigFix Agent computers to forward Wake-on-LAN packets in the same subnet, ensuring at least one powered-on WoLF is present to wake other computers. Power Tracking enables all agents to act as WoLFs, enhancing wake redundancy across subnets.
      - Wake-from-Standby by Magic Packet
        Power Management tasks involve enabling or disabling Wake-from-Standby by Magic Packet, a broadcast packet that wakes computers. This can be done by adjusting network adapter settings in Windows to allow only magic packets to trigger the wake-up process.
      - Using Intel vPro with Wake-on-LAN Medic to wake up endpoints
        Follow these steps to setup and schedule endpoints to wake up using the BigFix Wake-on-LAN Medic utility with Intel vPro.
  - Web Reports
    Power Management Web Reports offer a comprehensive overview of power usage for management and decision-making purposes. Accessible by logging in with a username and password, users can view and assess reports by selecting Systems Lifecycle from the main Web Reports page.
  - Frequently asked questions
    A list of frequently asked questions for users.

Manage Last Man Standing

Manage Last Man Standing (LMS) in a subnet by designating one or two computers, typically servers, to ensure the Wake-on-LAN feature functions efficiently. Use the LMS Selection Wizard to automate the selection process or define a custom set of LMS computers, reviewing and selecting candidates before finalizing the action.

Last Man Standing (LMS) ensures that computers in a subnet can be awakened using the Wake-on-LAN feature. However, LMS computers must be running all the time, so you must select only one or two computers in a subnet for this designation. When choosing which computers to designate as LMS, select a type of computer that is likely to be running all the time, such as servers.

The LMS Selection Wizard automates the selection of LMS computers per subnet, where you can define your own custom set of LMS computers.

The LMS wizard finds computers that match the entered criteria and submits them as potential LMS candidates.

You can review all proposed LMS candidates and select from that list before issuing the action in this section.