PowerMAN Power Manager 5.1 Installation and Administration Guide Release 5.1.3.3597 November 2009 Revised March 2011 © Data Synergy UK Ltd 2007-2011. All rights reserved. PowerMAN Power Manager v5.1 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 2/103 PowerMAN Power Manager v5.1 Contents PowerMAN Overview ................................................................................................ 7 PowerMAN and PowerMON Products ..................................................................... 7 PowerMAN Basics .................................................................................................... 8 Advantages over Windows built-in power management – Why PowerMAN? ................................... 8 Low power modes - Shutdown, Hibernate and Sleep (S1-S5) .......................................................... 8 Idle-based power management versus scheduled power management ........................................... 9 Default User, No User, and specific-user idle policies ..................................................................... 10 Policy enforcement feature (Anti-Insomnia) ..................................................................................... 10 Monitoring progress with PowerMAN reporting ............................................................................... 11 Power Management Event Log ........................................................................................................ 13 Separate AC (mains) and DC (battery) policies ............................................................................... 13 Installation Prerequisites ....................................................................................... 13 Product Installation ................................................................................................ 14 Preparation ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Microsoft Windows Group Policy Deployment Method .................................................................... 17 Group Policy Package Deployment ................................................................................................. 18 PowerMAN Configuration ................................................................................................................. 23 Alternative SMS / XCOPY Deployment Method .............................................................................. 27 Deploying PowerMAN in a pre-built software image „Ghost‟-style deployment ............................... 28 PowerMAN Configuration ...................................................................................... 29 Product Licensing ............................................................................................................................. 29 Power Management and Monitoring Monitoring .............................................................................. 30 Default User and No User Power Settings ....................................................................................... 31 Scheduled PC Wake-Up .................................................................................................................. 33 Scheduled PC Shutdown / Sleep / Hibernate .................................................................................. 35 Global Power Settings (Power buttons, lid switches etc.) ................................................................ 36 Protected Programs and Files .......................................................................................................... 37 Resume Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 37 Power Policy Enforcement / Anti-Insomnia ...................................................................................... 38 Page 3/103 PowerMAN Power Manager v5.1 Miscellaneous Power Settings ......................................................................................................... 38 Advanced Settings ........................................................................................................................... 40 Distinct User Power Policies ............................................................................................................ 41 Getting the most from PowerMAN ........................................................................ 42 Baseline existing environment ......................................................................................................... 42 Timeout or schedule based power management? ........................................................................... 42 Complementary PowerMAN features............................................................................................... 42 Tips for an effective PowerMAN deployment ................................................................................... 43 Common Scenarios .......................................................................................................................... 44 Example Settings ............................................................................................................................. 45 Maximizing Savings.......................................................................................................................... 47 Excluding Specific Computers ......................................................................................................... 48 Viewing PowerMAN statistics ........................................................................................................... 49 Typical deployment phases .............................................................................................................. 50 How PowerMAN Works .......................................................................................... 51 Additional PowerMAN Features ............................................................................ 52 External PC wake-up gateway ......................................................................................................... 52 PowerMAN on Windows Vista / Windows 7 ..................................................................................... 53 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................... 54 Problem: PowerMAN does not deploy correctly using the GPO method ......................................................................... 54 Problem: The PowerMAN application appears to deploy okay but the configured policy doesn‟t seem to deploy consistently .................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Problem: PowerMAN appears to be deployed okay and the required settings are displayed in the Control Panel Power Management applet but the computer does not shutdown/hibernate/sleep as expected ................................................. 56 OR PowerMAN reports event #2003: The computer is being prevented from entering the idle state by an unknown program .......................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Problem: A Hard Disk (HDD) spin-down policy has been applied but doesn‟t seem to do anything. The hard disk always remains powered on. ...................................................................................................................................................... 57 Problem: After enabling a Hard Disk (HDD) spin-down policy the system may sometimes freeze momentarily ............... 58 Problem: PowerMAN reports that there are fewer computers than expected in the site .................................................. 58 OR PowerMAN reports many more computers than expected in the site ........................................................................ 58 OR PowerMAN reports unexpected duplicate computer names within the same site ...................................................... 58 OR PowerMAN reports computers that seem to be on more than 24 hours a day! .......................................................... 58 OR PowerMAN is deployed using an image based Windows installation and only one client is reported. The service appears to be operating okay on each computer ............................................................................................................ 58 Problem: PowerMAN is installed but the computers are not showing up on the reporting system ................................... 59 OR Power Management Event Log reports Event #6015: