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Power Plan Management

Purpose​

This solution automates the deployment of a standard power plan to Windows machines. Additionally, it can perform a comprehensive audit of power plans on each machine. However, auditing will generate a separate entry for each individual setting within every detected power plan. For example, a machine with five power plans could produce around 120 entries in the dataview.

Files​

File PathFile Hash (SHA256)File Hash (MD5)Script
C:/ProgramData/_Automation/script/Get-PowerPlan/Manage-OverFlowedVariable.ps179B76E6780B61ED657C7FC07C5C0D9A0662165066D5BAD95D9D672513BADD67412B41CDBC04010E638D3FFB8A4BDB1D6Script - OverFlowedVariable - SQL Insert - Execute
C:/ProgramData/_Automation/script/Get-PowerPlan/Get-PowerPlan.ps1DDE3ACC4A91AB8C7E8971A673AC07B8F4B3B34FA8DAD5849E156C5E6A80DFDF8AE0FAF82228693C611F4578564FE353CScript - Power Plan - Audit [DV]
C:/ProgramData/_Automation/script/Get-PowerPlan/Get-PowerPlanAI.ps1C7CD78CEAC21FF393A913B266CB5C0EC12CEA8E364FA0AD346C287C2724639923AFF43D2532BA4AA1D6DB604F613C8EEScript - Power Plan - Audit [DV]
C:/ProgramData/_Automation/script/Set-PowerPlan/Set-PowerPlan.ps128C5503857406511327E72114784F559799CEBFE96A6D323FAA2A25F56F8488C7882C5890DCDFA7CE81DD62AB093A1F8Script - Power Plan - Set/Create
C:/ProgramData/_Automation/script/Enable-PowerPlan/Enable-PowerPlan.ps113F38A3CB96BE9C19B38ED09A1175852B33713DE43368B84867A7999D202F6F359BB9E9FB16FD5E53EB657D0F02ED9A8Script - Power Plan - Enable
C:/ProgramData/_Automation/script/Remove-PowerPlan/Remove-PowerPlan.ps15CA9E22892E872DE4020E41E6BB4840CD47BBDBBFB4002D6D622E7828D63E64FD1A1BB2B61D2507BF59E10CB23D140E8Script - Power Plan - Remove

Associated Content​

Scripts​

ContentTypeFunction
Script - Power Plan - Audit [DV]ScriptGather the information on available power plan(s).
Script - Power Plan - Set/CreateScriptCreate or modify a power plan.
Script - Power Plan - EnableScriptEnable or activate a power plan.
Script - Power Plan - RemoveScriptRemove a power plan.

Custom Table​

ContentTypeFunction
Custom Table - pvl_powerplan_auditCustom TableStores the information gathered by the Script - Power Plan - Audit [DV].

Dataview​

ContentTypeFunction
Dataview - Power Plan - Audit [Script]DataviewDisplays the information on available power plans.

Internal Monitor​

ContentTypeFunction
Internal Monitor - Execute Script - Power Plan - AuditInternal MonitorDetects the physical workstation where the Script - Power Plan - Audit [DV] hasn't been run within the past 7 days.
Internal Monitor - PowerPlan AutomationInternal MonitorDetect machines where the Power Plan set in the Client-Level EDF "PowerPlan Name" EDF is not available, and Power Plan Automation is enabled.

Alert Template​

ContentTypeFunction
△ Custom - Execute Script - Power Plan - AuditAlert TemplateExecute the Script - Power Plan - Audit [DV] on the machines detected by the Internal Monitor - Execute Script - Power Plan - Audit.
△ Custom - PowerPlan AutomationAlert TemplateExecute the Script - Power Plan - Set/Create on the machines detected by the Internal Monitor - PowerPlan Automation.

Implementation​

Automation Prep​

  1. Import the following content from the Prosync plugin:

  2. Reload the System Cache
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  3. Run the Script - Power Plan - Set/Create with the Set_Environment parameter set to 1 to create the EDFs used by the script and PowerPlan Automation internal monitor.
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  4. Configure the solution as follows:

Standardize​

  1. Follow these steps only if instructed to do so: More details are provided in the Automation section of the Power Plan - Set/Create script's document.
    You can start by downloading the ProVal_-_High_Performance.csv found in the linked document above and placing it on the LTShare under the folder //LTShare//Transfer//PowerPlan.
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  2. Next, navigate to System Dashboard → Config → Additional Field Defaults → Clients → PowerPlan

    • Fill out the PowerPlan Configuration File to show 'ProVal_-_High_Performance'
    • Enter the PowerPlan Name specified by the consultant (If it has not been specified, stop and reach out to them and ask) - This is the display name that the power plan will show up as within Windows and what the client will see. This will likely be <Client Abbreviation> Standard. Like 'ProVal Standard' for example.
    • IMPORTANT Do NOT fill out the PowerPlan Automation EDF. That will need to be filled out by the partner on a per-client basis.
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  3. Reach out to the consultant to let them know the standardization steps have been followed and the client can issue the PowerPlan automation by selecting the following EDF:
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Optional Auditing​

  1. NOTE The auditing on this solution is optional since it imports a very large amount of data into the custom table, but it should not take up much space in the end.
    Import the following content from the Prosync plugin:

  2. Execute this script against an online Windows workstation to create the EPM - Data Collection - Custom Table - pvl_powerplan_audit custom table:

  3. Run this script against any client in the environment to provide permission of the newly created custom table to all users:

  4. Configure the solution as follows:

    • Navigate to Automation → Monitors within the CWA Control Center and set up the following:

Additional Notes​

Refer to the documentation accompanying the respective script for detailed instructions on its usage, including guidance on utilizing the script's parameters.