Novell Documentation: ZENworks 6.5 - Managing a Remote Wake Up Session

Managing a Remote Wake Up Session

The Remote Wake Up feature supports Magic Packet* technology. When a powered off node that is enabled for Wake on LAN receives the magic packet, the system will boot up.

This section provides information on the following topics:

Prerequisites

Before waking up the managed workstations, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

Make sure that the managed workstation has a network card that supports Wake on LAN. Additionally, ensure that you have enabled the Wake on LAN option in the BIOS setup of the managed workstation.
Make sure that the managed workstation is registered to Novell eDirectory^TM.
Make sure that the remote node is in a soft-off power state. In the soft-off state, the CPU is powered off and a minimal amount of power is utilized by its network interface card. Unlike the hard-off state, in the soft-off state the power connection to the machine remains switched on when the machine is shut down.
Make sure that the routers connecting the management console and the remote node are configured to forward subnet-oriented broadcasts

Remotely Waking Up the Managed Workstations

You can perform Remote Wake Up without configuring the Wake-on-LAN policy and service. To perform a Remote Wake Up:

In Novell ConsoleOne^®, right-click a managed workstation, a group of managed workstations, a container, or a group of containers.
Click Actions > Remote Wake Up.

Setting Up a Scheduled Remote Wake Up Using the Wake-on-LAN Policy

Remote Management Wake-on-LAN service allows you to wake up a managed workstation or a set of managed workstations automatically by configuring the Wake-on-LAN policy.

To schedule the wake up of a managed workstation or a set of managed workstations automatically through the Wake-on-LAN service, you have to perform the following tasks in the order listed:

Configuring the Wake-on-LAN Service Object

In ConsoleOne, right-click the Wake-on-LAN service object (WOLService_servername), then click Properties > Look Up Schedule.
Modify the schedule to read the Wake-on-LAN policy.
Click OK.

IMPORTANT: If you modify the Wake-on-LAN schedule after starting the Wake-on-LAN service, you need to restart the Wake-on-LAN service. For more information, see Starting the Wake-on-LAN Service.

Configuring the Server Package for the Wake-on-LAN Service

In the ConsoleOne, right-click the Server package, then click Properties > Policies > General.
Click the Add button.
Select the Wake-on-LAN policy type and enter a name for the Wake-on-LAN policy.
Select the check box under the Enabled column for the Wake-on-LAN policy, then click Properties > Target List tab.
Click Add.
Select the workstations or the workstation container, then click OK.
Click the Policy Schedule tab.
Modify the policy schedule.
Click Apply > Close.
Click the Associations tab.
Browse to select the server object or the container where ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management is installed, then click OK twice.

NOTE: You can create different policies for different target lists.

Starting and Stopping the Wake-on-LAN Service

Starting the Wake-on-LAN Service

To load the Wake-on-LAN service on NetWare server, enter startwol at the console prompt.

To start the Wake-on-LAN service on Windows server,

From the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.
Double-click Services.
Select Novell ZfD Wake-on-LAN Service.
Click Start.

Stopping the Wake-on-LAN Service

To stop the Wake-on-LAN service on NetWare server, enter stopwol at the console prompt.

To stop the Wake-on-LAN service on Windows server,

From the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.
Double-click Services.
Select Novell ZfD Wake-on-LAN Service.
Click Stop.

You can also obtain the information about the Wake-on-LAN operations from the wolstatus.log file in the sys:\ directory on NetWare servers or zenworks_installation_path\remmgmt\server\bin\ directory on Windows servers.