Store Power Data Utility

Usage and Config
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(imported topic written by agudger91)

Hi all,

I have tried to enable this feature within Bigfix with no success.

I have added the correct registry keys as per the bigfix documentation

http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=1643

I then restarted the BES Server Plugin service how ever bigfix still reports that it is not configured correctly for power managment.

I then tried a restart of the server which gave the same result.

I have attached a screen shot of the registry keys that i have added to the main bes server.

the username and password that i used for the report server have full access and are tested and working.

The DB for Bigfix is also running locally.

Thanks

Adam

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(imported comment written by naveedm)

Hi Adam,

Could you try reattaching the screen shot? I don’t think it came through.

The “BES Server Plugin Service" runs the “Store Power Data Utility" once per day using the web reports username, password, and URL stored in the registry.

When data is not being stored, it’s often because the username, password, or URL wasn’t entered into the registry correctly, but it sounds like this may not be the cause of the issue you’re experiencing.

The log for the “Store Power Data Utility" is located in \BigFix Enterprise\BES Server\Applications\BESAggregator.

The log for the “BES Server Plugin Service" (MFS.exe) is located in \BigFix Enterprise\BES Server\Applications\Logs.

Can you let us know what the logs show?

Successful entries for both logs are below.

Cheers,

Naveed

BESAggregatePowerData.log

Thu Oct 14 08:04:17 2010

INFO

Running BESAggregatePowerData.exe version 0.7.35

Thu Oct 14 08:04:17 2010

INFO

Connecting to webreports at http://nmakhani/webreports

Thu Oct 14 08:04:17 2010

INFO

Connecting to database on bes_bfenterprise.

Thu Oct 14 08:04:17 2010

INFO

No aggregation policies were found.

Thu Oct 14 08:04:17 2010

INFO

Creating group for all computers

Thu Oct 14 08:04:17 2010

INFO

Found 1 groupings for manual grouping policy “All Computers”

Thu Oct 14 08:04:17 2010

INFO

Generating power data for group “All Computers”

Thu Oct 14 08:04:18 2010

INFO

Adding today’s data to power history…

Thu Oct 14 08:04:20 2010

INFO

Utility Successfully Completed!

MFS.log

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:04:16 -0700

Task ‘BESAggregatePowerData’ run by command: “C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Server\Applications\BESAggregator\BESAggregatePowerData.exe” -url http://nmakhani/webreports -u naveed -p ***** -odbc bes_bfenterprise -dbuser -dbpass

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

One thing to check for when doing this is you’re in the correct registry. I had issues where I entered the entries into the 64 Bit Registry on our server but it was needed in the 32 bit regedit.

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(imported comment written by naveedm)

Good point, ShanePlumb – thanks for posting the tip. We’ll make sure to incorporate that note into the KB article as well.

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(imported comment written by agudger91)

Hi all,

thanks shane, as you suggested i had created the reg keys in the 64bit reg. the entries are now in the right place and power tracking is working as it should.

I would suggest adding this to the KB article is a good idea.

thanks all for the quick respone and for putting me right.