Remote shutdown and wakeup
Remote shutdown and remote wake-up are obviously very useful functions that can make the administrator’s and also the end user's life easier. It is not only important in prevention of hazards such as virus attacks where some PCs or whole PC groups can be powered down immediately from one central place. But also regular service and maintenance tasks such as patch management, data backups; overnight scans etc. can be made much more efficient by powering required machines up and down on schedule or immediately on demand.
Remote shutdown and wake up has never been so easy...
Auto Shutdown Manager offers both functionalities – remote shutdown as well as remote wake-up of individual PCs or entire PC groups. All can be done on schedule or on demand.
Shutdown – terminology: In Auto Shutdown Manager the expression “shutdown” is a synonym for all shutdown modes:
- Power Off
- Standby
- Hibernate
- Restart
- Log Off Users
Auto Shutdown Manager supports remote commands such as shutdown and wake-up in two different ways.
Remote shutdown and wake-up of individual PCs
The required functions to power on or shutdown remote PCs can be found within the Client Manager inside the Management Console.
Remote Shutdown
Right-click on the remote computer that you plan to shut down and choose the appropriate shutdown mode.
The “Auto Mode” can be used to let the client decide for its best mode- based on its settings for that weekday and time. So you might want to use standby during daytime on some PCs and shutdown or hibernation on others.
Remote Wake-Up via WoL and Internet
To wake-up a remote PC just select and right click on it and choose the "Wake Up" menu item. Typically, the wake-up process uses Wake on LAN (WoL) to process the wake-up.
However, Auto Shutdown Manager also offers a functionality to wake-up remote PCs over the Internet – such as home office computers for example. Therefore a remote WoL Address and Port can be specified.
Please note:
Auto Shutdown Manager client PCs can automatically start their servers on demand- via WoL and also over the Internet. This is for scenarios where servers don't need to run 24/7 - but only while clients are in use. In this case, clients will wake-up the servers and keep them running until the last client gets shut down again.
Remote Wake-Up office computers while on road or from home office
This scenario is used to enable remote workers to wake-up their desktop PCs – or other defined computers in the company - while they are on road or working on a remote site.
Auto Shutdown Manager WOW Client supports a technology called Wake on Internet (Wake on Wan). With this functionallity remote computers can be powered up on demand over large networks or even the Iinternet. In the same way remote computers can also be powered down (remote shutdown).
The WOW Client is included into the Auto Shutdown Manager package. Additional licenses are not required.
See the manual for more details.
Remote shutdown and wake-up of entire PC groups
If whole groups of PCs or even all PCs have to be started or shutdown remotely, the Maintenance Manager inside the Management Console offers the required functionallity to accomplish this task.
Remote Shutdown and Wake Up on demand in Real-Time
It coudln't be easier: just select the PC Groups that you want to shutdown or wake up and cklick on the corresponding button.
Scheduled Wake Up via Wake On LAN Scheduler
Wake On LAN Scheduler - just mark the PC Groups that you want to wake up, choose the timing and click ADD - that's it.
Please note: For unconnected computers scheduled Shutdown and local Wake-Up w/o WoL are available via Time Rules. See the manual for more information on that.
Tip: Using the command line parameters you can easily create shortcuts on the desktop for frequently used actions such as Wakeup of some PCs or put a group of PCs into standby for example.
WoL … Did you know?
With Wake On Lan (WoL) you can power on machines even from the Power Off state (S5).
This functionality depends on your network adapter (NIC) and the Bios settings.
For Computers that immediately wake-up after going into sleep - check the WoL settings for the network adapter. Select Magic Packets as the WoL standard mode. See the manual for more details.
The remote power management functionalities - together with the unique Intelligent Idle Analysis and Intelligent Timer based shutdown set the Auto Shutdown Manager apart and position it as one of the market leading Green-IT PC Power Management software solutions worldwide.
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