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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.
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.

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.
  - 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.

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.

You can create and maintain scheduled wake-ups using the Schedule Wake-on-LAN Wizard. Scheduled wake-ups run on client local time and do not require the use of Actions or special router configurations to run.

Note: The vPro Settings option is only enabled if you are subscribed to the Client Manager for Intel vPro site.

After you schedule a WoL policy, the WoL Medic component is set to wake the systems. By default, the WoL Medic checks every five minutes to see if it is time to run scheduled WoL policies.

Note: Ensure that RESTAPI is set up correctly to avoid errors and for the Wake-on-Lan Medic Utility to function properly. RESTAPI is supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and later.