Enabling Power Management for the MediaAgent

You can enable power management for a server group that the cloud MediaAgents are associated to or for a specific cloud MediaAgent.

• Enabling Power Management for a Server Group

• Enabling Power Management for a Cloud MediaAgent

Enabling Power Management for a Server Group

You can enable power management for a server group. The power management feature is automatically enabled for the cloud MediaAgent associated with the server group.

Before You Begin

• Verify that the cloud MediaAgent uses a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or a static publicly accessible IP address.

• Select the Auto-start services when OS starts checkbox for the cloud MediaAgent.

  For more information, see Viewing Services.

• For the cloud MediaAgent in a Linux environment, verify that the dmidecode tool is available.

  For more information about the tool, see dmidecode.

Procedure

1. From the navigation pane, go to Manage > Server groups.

   The Server groups page appears.

2. Click the server group.

   The server group page appears.

3. Click the Configuration tab.

4. in the Power management area, click Edit.

   The Edit power management dialog box appears.

5. Select Enable power management, and then select the Cloud account.

6. Click Save.

Enabling Power Management for a Cloud MediaAgent

You can enable power management for a cloud MediaAgent. You can opt to use the power management settings of the server group that the MediaAgent is associated with or configure different settings.

Before You Begin

• Verify that the cloud MediaAgent uses a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or a static publicly accessible IP address.

• Select the Auto-start services when OS starts checkbox for the cloud MediaAgent.

  For more information, see Viewing Services.

• For the cloud MediaAgent in a Linux environment, verify that the dmidecode tool is available.

  For more information about the tool, see dmidecode.

Procedure

1. From the navigation pane, go to Manage > Infrastructure.

   The Infrastructure page appears.

2. Click the MediaAgent tile.

   The MediaAgent page appears.

3. Click the MediaAgent.

   The MediaAgent page appears.

4. In the Power management area, click Edit.

   The Edit power management dialog box appears.

5. Select one of the following options:

   • Use server group settings: This is the default option. Select this option to use the power management settings of the server group that the MediaAgent is associated with.

   • Use MediaAgent settings: Select this option to configure different settings for the MediaAgent.

6. If you selected the Use MediaAgent settings option, complete the following steps:

   1. Select Enable power management.

   2. Select the Cloud account.

7. Click Save.

Related Topics

• Configure an alert that will notify you when the cloud MediaAgent is offline.

  For instructions, see Predefined Alert Criteria – Configuration – MediaAgents.

• You can change the idle time after which the power management feature can turn off the cloud MediaAgent by using the Idle time (Minutes) for power managed cloud VMs parameter.

  For more information, see Media Management Configuration: Service Configuration.