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Power control
Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
See also
Remote operations using Deployment Solution
This computer operation lets you wake up a computer, restart a computer, shut down, or
log off as the current user for a selected managed computer. You can also power a
computer on if Wake-On-Lan is supported.
Restore a computer by right-clicking a computer icon in the Computers
pane and selecting Power Control, clicking Operations > Power
Control on the menu bar, or clicking the icon on the toolbar.
1.
Right-click a computer and select Power Control.
A secondary menu appears with the following options:
Wake-up
The Wake-Up feature is hardware-dependent and is available only
for inactive computers. Select this command to start a computer
that has been turned off.
Notes
Your operating system and network adapter must be capable of
recognizing and processing the Wake-on-LAN packets. Non-
embedded network adapters must be properly configured.
Example: 3Com NICs have an extra header cable that enables
Wake-on-LAN. Check the documentation that comes with your
network adapter for more information about Wake-on-LAN.
For NICs and operating systems that support Wake-on-LAN Power
Management features, go to the Properties dialog of the network
adapter driver and select the Power Management tab. Click the
Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby option
for this device to bring the computer out of standby status.
You must enable this feature for some computers in their BIOS.
Restart
Click to reboot the selected managed computer. Select Force
Applications to close without a message box to restart
immediately without prompting the user.
Shut down
Click to shut down the selected managed computer. Select Force
Applications to close without a message box to shut down
immediately without prompting the user.
Log off
Click to log off the selected managed computer. Select Force
Applications to close without a message box to log off
immediately.
2.
Select a Power Control option. A Confirm Operation dialog appears. Select the
Force application to close without a message option to shut down users
without a warning. If you do not select this option, the user is prompted to save
work before the power operation continues.
3.
Click Yes.
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