[gptalk] Re: GPO for Power Management

  • From: jfvanmeter@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:13:22 +0000

I tried EZ GPO in one of virtaul test domains and I had problems with the 
client. I'm now working on standing up a single Vista SP1 RSAT server. 

You still have to deploy the GPP Client Side Extenstions and XMLLite for XP to 
understand GPP.

It just seams cleaner doing it this way.

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From: "Pankaj Bhakta" <bhakta@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Jamie,
> 
>  
> 
> Many thanks for your reply and suggestions.
> 
>  
> 
> The blogs are incredibly informative. 
> 
>  
> 
> I am supporting a Win 2003 domain with all desktop at present Win XP SP2. I
> am yet to lay my hands on Group Policy Preference but seeing the last blog
> ie part-3 of 3, I am lured to play around. You are right, EZ GPO Tool will
> require a client component to be installed in each machine and therefore GPP
> will be better off to deploy.
> 
>  
> 
> Can you suggest any other link from where I can get basic and practical
> information on GPP before I play around with the power management.  
> 
>  
> 
> Regards, 
> 
>  
> 
> Pankaj  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:48 PM
> To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gptalk] Re: GPO for Power Management
> 
>  
> 
> Pankaj,
> 
>  
> 
> Hi, I've used it in a very large environment of 18,000+ systems and it
> worked very well. However, since you have to deploy a client to each machine
> you would be much better off to deploy the Group Policy Preferences (GPP)
> CSE and use it to do power management instead. It's much easier, not to
> mention that GPP gives you tons of other functionality as well. There is a
> good blog about it on the Directory Services team site located here (Parts 1
> & 2 cover Vista/2008 and part 3 covers Windows XP):
> 
>  
> 
> http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/03/17/managing-power-with-group-
> policy-part-1-of-3.aspx
> 
> http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/03/19/managing-power-with-group-
> policy-part-2-or-3.aspx
> 
> http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/03/21/managing-power-with-group-
> policy-part-3-of-3.aspx
> 
>  
> 
> Best of all GPP is free and DOES NOT require a Windows 2008 domain, just one
> Windows Vista SP1 workstation or Windows 2008 member server to create and
> edit the policies on.
> 
>  
> 
> If you didn't gather it from the blog, keep in mind that with Vista/2008 you
> don't need anything special to do power management; you can do it natively
> in Group Policy (not even GPP is required).
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Jamie Nelson | Operations Consultant | BI&T Infrastructure-Intel | Devon
> Energy Corporation | Work: 405.552.8054 | Mobile: 405.200.8088 |
> http://www.dvn.com <http://www.dvn.com/> 
> 
>  
> 
> From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Pankaj Bhakta
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 6:52 PM
> To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gptalk] GPO for Power Management
> 
>  
> 
> Hi,
> U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR program, Terra Novum developed the EZ GPO tool to
> centrally manage power management settings on Windows client workstations.
> Their site link is given below:
> 
> http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/ez_gpo.html
> 
> If anyone on the forum who had implemented this, could you please share your
> comments on the  tool.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Pankaj
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
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  • From: "Pankaj Bhakta" <bhakta@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:38:01 +0000

Hi Jamie,

 

Many thanks for your reply and suggestions.

 

The blogs are incredibly informative.

 

I am supporting a Win 2003 domain with all desktop at present Win XP SP2. I am yet to lay my hands on Group Policy Preference but seeing the last blog ie part-3 of 3, I am lured to play around. You are right, EZ GPO Tool will require a client component to be installed in each machine and therefore GPP will be better off to deploy.

 

Can you suggest any other link from where I can get basic and practical information on GPP before I play around with the power management.  

 

Regards,

 

Pankaj  

 

 

 

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:48 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: GPO for Power Management

 

Pankaj,

 

Hi, I’ve used it in a very large environment of 18,000+ systems and it worked very well. However, since you have to deploy a client to each machine you would be much better off to deploy the Group Policy Preferences (GPP) CSE and use it to do power management instead. It’s much easier, not to mention that GPP gives you tons of other functionality as well. There is a good blog about it on the Directory Services team site located here (Parts 1 & 2 cover Vista/2008 and part 3 covers Windows XP):

 

http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/03/17/managing-power-with-group-policy-part-1-of-3.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/03/19/managing-power-with-group-policy-part-2-or-3.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/03/21/managing-power-with-group-policy-part-3-of-3.aspx

 

Best of all GPP is free and DOES NOT require a Windows 2008 domain, just one Windows Vista SP1 workstation or Windows 2008 member server to create and edit the policies on.

 

If you didn’t gather it from the blog, keep in mind that with Vista/2008 you don’t need anything special to do power management; you can do it natively in Group Policy (not even GPP is required).

 

Regards,

 

Jamie Nelson | Operations Consultant | BI&T Infrastructure-Intel | Devon Energy Corporation | Work: 405.552.8054 | Mobile: 405.200.8088 | http://www.dvn.com

 

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pankaj Bhakta
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 6:52 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] GPO for Power Management

 

Hi,
U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR program, Terra Novum developed the EZ GPO tool to centrally manage power management settings on Windows client workstations. Their site link is given below:

http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/ez_gpo.html

If anyone on the forum who had implemented this, could you please share your comments on the  tool.

Regards,

Pankaj

 

 

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