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Powerman Power Manager 5.2 Client Software Installation And PowerMAN Power Manager 5.2 Client Software Installation and Administration Guide Release 5.2.7.5787 January 2013 © Data Synergy UK Ltd 2007-2013. All rights reserved. PowerMAN Power Manager v5.2 About Data Synergy Data Synergy is a British company based in Sheffield. We have over 10 years' experience developing and supporting software solutions for enterprise PC deployment and management. We do not resell other vendors’ products and do all our development, sales and support from our UK base. Our products have evolved through listening to customer ideas and applying our unrivalled knowledge of PC internals. If you have a suggestion for a new product or feature we would love to talk to you. Data Synergy UK Ltd Website: www.datasynergy.co.uk Cooper Buildings Email: [email protected] Sheffield Technology Parks Telephone: 08456 435 035 Arundel Street Sheffield Registered in England and Wales S1 2NS Company Number 06682095 VAT Registration GB 939 7559 56 Page 2/126 PowerMAN Power Manager v5.2 Contents PowerMAN Overview ................................................................................................ 8 PowerMAN and PowerMON Products ..................................................................... 8 New in PowerMAN v5.2 ............................................................................................ 9 PowerMAN Basics .................................................................................................. 11 Advantages over Windows built-in power management – Why PowerMAN? ................................. 11 Low power modes - Shutdown, Hibernate and Sleep (S1-S5) ........................................................ 11 Idle-based power management versus scheduled power management ......................................... 12 Default, No User, and specific-user idle policies .............................................................................. 13 Multiple Policies – Precedence order ............................................................................................... 13 Policy enforcement feature (Anti-Insomnia) ..................................................................................... 14 Monitoring progress with PowerMAN reporting ............................................................................... 15 Power Management Event Log ........................................................................................................ 16 Separate AC (mains) and DC (battery) policies ............................................................................... 16 Product Installation ................................................................................................ 16 Installation Prerequisites .................................................................................................................. 17 Getting to know your hardware ........................................................................................................ 18 Deployment Preparation .................................................................................................................. 19 Preparation for PowerMAN reporting (Optional) .............................................................................. 20 Microsoft Windows Group Policy Deployment Method .................................................................... 22 Making effective use of policy inheritance (Larger networks) .......................................................... 22 Group Policy Worked Example ........................................................................................................ 23 PowerMAN Configuration ................................................................................................................. 29 Alternative SMS / XCOPY Deployment Method .............................................................................. 33 Deploying PowerMAN in a pre-built software image ‘Ghost’-style deployment ............................... 34 Deploying PowerMAN updates ........................................................................................................ 34 Removing PowerMAN (Uninstallation) ............................................................................................. 35 PowerMAN Configuration ...................................................................................... 36 Product Licensing ............................................................................................................................. 36 Power Management Reporting ........................................................................................................ 36 Page 3/126 PowerMAN Power Manager v5.2 Default and No User Power Settings ............................................................................................... 38 Scheduled Actions............................................................................................................................ 40 Scheduled Wake (Resume) ............................................................................................................. 40 Scheduled Suspend / Reboot / Shutdown ....................................................................................... 42 Global Power Settings (Power buttons, lid switches etc.) ................................................................ 44 Protected Objects (including maintenance windows) ...................................................................... 45 Resume Configuration Feature ........................................................................................................ 46 Power Policy Enforcement / Anti-Insomnia Feature ........................................................................ 46 Hardware Device Power Management Settings .............................................................................. 47 User Interface Settings ..................................................................................................................... 48 PowerMAN User Interface Icon ........................................................................................................ 49 Miscellaneous Power Settings ......................................................................................................... 50 Custom Actions ................................................................................................................................ 51 Policy Preferences Feature (Advanced) .......................................................................................... 52 Advanced Settings ........................................................................................................................... 55 Distinct User Power Policies ............................................................................................................ 57 Getting the most from PowerMAN ........................................................................ 58 Baseline existing environment ......................................................................................................... 58 Typical deployment phases .............................................................................................................. 58 Idle or schedule-based power management? .................................................................................. 59 Complementary PowerMAN features............................................................................................... 59 Maximizing Savings.......................................................................................................................... 60 Practical tips for an effective PowerMAN deployment ..................................................................... 61 Common Scenarios .......................................................................................................................... 62 Example Settings ............................................................................................................................. 63 Excluding Specific Computers via a protected ‘marker’ file (Alternative method) ........................... 65 Viewing PowerMAN statistics ........................................................................................................... 66 Calculating actual energy consumption ........................................................................................... 66 How PowerMAN Works .......................................................................................... 67 Page 4/126 PowerMAN Power Manager v5.2 Additional PowerMAN Features ............................................................................ 68 WakeMyPC - External PC wake-up gateway ................................................................................... 68 PowerMAN on Windows Vista / Windows 7 ..................................................................................... 69 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................... 70 Problem: PowerMAN does not deploy correctly using the GPO method ......................................................................... 70 Problem: The PowerMAN application appears to deploy okay but the configured policy doesn’t seem to deploy consistently .................................................................................................................................................................... 71 Problem: PowerMAN appears to be deployed okay and the required settings
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