Using The Restore State Power Action - Symantec ALTIRIS REAL-TIME CONSOLE INFRASTRUCTURE 7.0 SP3 - V1.0 Manual

22 Using Real-Time Console Infrastructure

Using the Restore State power action

Using the Restore State power action
To automatically turn off computers in critical state
1 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Settings menu, click All
Settings.
2 In the left pane, click Monitoring and Alerting > Alert Rule Settings.
3 In the right pane, click the Task Rules tab.
4 On the toolbar, click Add.
5
Under Rule, on the toolbar, click Add > Alert protocol.
6
In the Select comparison drop-down list, click equals.
7 In the Enter value drop-down list, click Simple Network Management
Protocol.
8 Under Rule, on the toolbar, click Add > Alert severity.
9
In the Select comparison drop-down list, click equals.
10 In the Enter value drop-down list, click Critical.
11 Under Task, click New.
12 In the Create New Task dialog box, in the left pane, click Real-Time Console
Infrastructure > Power Management.
13
On the right page, click Power Off.
14 Click OK.
15 Turn on the task rule.
To turn on the rule, at the upper right of the page, click the colored circle,
and then click On.
16 Click Save.
Power Management task's Restore State power action returns computers to the
power state they were in before the previous power action ran.
The Restore State power action lets you perform a job like the following:
Run the Power On action to turn on computers.
Then run some other task.
Then run the Restore State action to restore the power state of the computers.