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Shuts down or logs off PCs across an enterprise: When
executed, NightWatchman checks to see if a user is logged on, saves any unsaved
documents, logs off the user, and turns off the PC if desired. Administrators
can:
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Schedule a daily, immediate or one-off shutdown
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Detect power setting capability per machine |
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Put PCs into a hibernate or standby state |
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Define the actions presented to a user
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Create or modify shutdown scripts
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Set the actions that will shut down the machine
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to postpone the shutdown and try again later. NightWatchman can also power off
machines where the user has logged off or locked the machine. |
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Protects unsaved user documents prior to shutdown:
NightWatchman safely shuts down all types of documents with provided scripts
for off-the-shelf software, such as Microsoft Office, or allows the creation of
custom scripts for bespoke applications.
Upon the next user login, all saved files are presented in a simple interface,
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Produces reports to calculate current and potential
savings: NightWatchman installs on each PC as a lightweight
desktop client. Data is collected from the machine and sent to the Agility
Framework reporting server, where it creates reports and charts, which include
the following:
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Power consumption |
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Energy costs
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C02 emissions
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Power savings estimates |
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And much more
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Reports viewable over any web console: By
accessing the Agility Framework website, the NightWatchman company-wide power
consumption data reports can be easily viewed from any web browser.
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Controls PC power scheme settings: NightWatchman
provides control over the monitor, hard disk, standby and hibernate power
settings. This enables a company wide energy consumption policy to be easily
set-up and maintained.
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Schedules daily, immediate or one-off shutdowns:
NightWatchman enables the scheduling of shutdowns on a weekly/day of operation
basis. It also enables a PC to be shut down, put into standby mode or
hibernated immediately. |
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Centrally controllable using any systems management tool:
NightWatchman is fully configurable via the command-line. This enables
company-wide policies to be easily configured in a scalable manner using
existing management infrastructure. |
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Easily installable lightweight desktop client:
NightWatchman has an extremely small footprint, enabling the shutdown
technology and PC power data to be gathered with minimal impact on the client
PC. |
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Energy state reporting: The reporting
mechanism has been made more efficient and requires less network bandwidth to
provide power state reporting across a network.
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Defer shutdown when there are pending SMS jobs:
NightWatchman can now check for pending Systems Management Server (SMS) jobs
prior to shutdown. This enables shutdowns to be scheduled appropriately with
minimal disruption to SMS maintenance jobs. |
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NightWatchman performance reports: NightWatchman
now includes two reports that show how many PCs were successfully shut down and
how many PCs had their shut downs interrupted. |
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NightWatchman shuts down PCs awoken by SMSWakeUp:
NightWatchman complements SMSWakeUpT to shutdown PCs that have been awoken by
SMSWakeUp for patching. This maximizes the PC energy cost savings whilst still
allowing critical software updates to take place.
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