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Implementing GreenIT Remediation

As a desktop support analyst, you can configure the power settings and power schemes in your organization to ensure optimal power consumption. Using CA ITCM to define and push a configuration policy to computers to automatically power down during a specified time (for example, after work hours, over the weekend, or on a holiday. Also, you can monitor the current power scheme and define a standard Windows power scheme implementation across your organization.

The following illustration shows the tasks that you complete to implement GreenIT remediation:

Perform the following tasks to implement GreenIT remediation: 

• Verify Prerequisites
• Configure Automatic Powersave on Computers
• Define a Centrally Administered Power Scheme on Microsoft Windows

Verify Prerequisites

Review the following prerequisites before you implement GreenIT remediation:

• Verify that a DSM Agent is installed on the target computers. You can install a DSM agent as part of CA ITCM, CA IT Inventory Manager, or ecoDesktop.
• Verify that you have a license for ecoDesktop.

Important! To use the GreenIT Remediation features, you need a separate license for ecoDesktop, available at an additional cost.

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