Overview

You can acquire information about the power configuration of a PC as part of the client's system information. By then totaling the power configuration information acquired from the clients, you can gain an understanding of the overall power configuration status.

• For details on the system information that can be managed by JP1/Software Distribution, see 2.2.1 Acquiring system information.

For an environment in which the power-save settings of the PCs in the system are standardized, you can ensure that uniform power-save settings are applied throughout the system by remotely installing a batch file that changes the power configuration of clients on which the power-save setting has not been applied.

The following figure shows the general procedure for changing the power configuration of clients on which the power-save setting is not applied.

Figure 4-9 General procedure for changing the power configuration of clients on which the power-save setting is not applied (1/2)

Figure 4-10 General procedure for changing the power configuration of clients on which the power-save setting is not applied (2/2)

Operating procedure

To change the power configuration of clients on which the power-save setting is not applied:

1. Acquire system information (power configuration information) from the clients.
   
   • For details on how to acquire system information, see 3.1.1 System information collection procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
2. Total the acquired inventory information (power configuration information).
   
   • For details on how to start Inventory Viewer, see 4.1.1 Starting Inventory Viewer in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on how to total inventory information, see 4.2.1 Counting procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   Count clients using a power setting such as Turn off monitor (AC) as the condition.
   
3. Group the clients on which the power-save setting is not applied.
   
   • For details on how to create a host group from totaled results, see 4.2.7 Creating a host group from count results in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
4. Create a batch file for changing the power configuration.
   You can change the power configuration by using the Windows powercfg command. For example, for a Windows XP client, create a batch file with the following content to set 10 minutes as the time from when a monitor is activated by AC power to the time power is turned off, and to set 20 minutes as the time until the system is set to standby:
   

   powercfg /change home-or-company-desk /monitor-timeout-ac 10 powercfg /change home-or-company-desk /standby-timeout-ac 20

5. Package the batch file, specifying that it start after installation.
   In this step, you package the batch file. You also set the batch file you created as an external program that starts after remote installation.
   
   • For details on the packaging procedure, see 2.1 Packaging procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on how to start a batch file, see 2.2.10 External Program page in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
6. Create and run a remote installation job that executes the batch file.
   
   • For details on how to create a job, see 2.3.1 Remote installation execution procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on how to execute a job, see 8.3 Executing and saving a job in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
7. Acquire system information to verify that the power configuration was changed.
   
   • For details on how to acquire system information, see 3.1.1 System information collection procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.

Notes

For notes on the inventory information that can be acquired, see 2.2.1(1) System information that can be obtained from a Windows client.