Monitor Power Plans

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Applies To: Operations Manager 2007

Windows Server 2008 has three default power plans: high performance, balanced, and power saver. You can also create customized power plans. Power plans can be set locally or through application of Group Policy. The Power Management Pack enables you to monitor the power plans applied to monitored servers. In addition, it will generate alerts when a server’s power plan differs from the desired power plan.

To monitor power plans, perform the following tasks.

  1. Enable the Windows Server 2008 R2 Power Plan monitor.

  2. Set the power plan by following these steps:

    1. In the Operations console, in the Authoring area, expand Management Pack Objects, and click Monitors.

    2. Open Properties for the Windows Server 2008 R2 Power Plan monitor.

    3. By using an override for a specific group, set the Desired Power Plan parameter to the power plan name that should be active.

      Note

      When you override Desired Power Plan, you must specify the power plan name in the language that is used on the monitored servers.

  3. If desired, enable the recovery task for the Windows Server 2008 R2 Power Plan monitor on the Diagnostic and Recovery tab of the monitor’s Properties dialog box. The recovery task sets the power plan that you specify when the monitor generates an alert.

    If you do not want to enable automatic recovery, you can use the Set Power Plan task for a specific alert.