Lights-Out - The name says it all.

This Add-In is used to put a Windows Server 2012 (R2) Essentials, Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials or Windows Home Server 2011 into suspended mode or hibernation and resume on user defined events. 

Lights-Out monitors several sources for activity. As long as one source signals activity, the server is kept running. 

When monitoring detects no more activity, the server is disabled. For more details on monitoring please read the how-to.

• Runtimes on calendar
• Windows Home Server Computers (Clients)
• Network devices (like a Mac, Xbox or streaming clients)
• Backup time window
• Remote access
• Processes on your Windows Home Server
• Files on your Windows Home Server
• CPU load on your Windows Home Server
• Network load on your Windows Home Server
• File shares
• Physical console session (logged into your server using physically attached mouse/keyboard and monitor)

A suspended or hibernated server can be resumed using a calendar event. A non active server can be activated using Wake-On-Lan (WOL). 

Lights-Out comes with a client application which can be used to start the server when the client boots or resumes. 

The Add-In visualizes the activity of the selected sources. So you can easily identify what keeps your server running. 

Lights-Out adds control to your clients. 

Lights-Out includes a web page for remote access. 

To reduce the risk of data loss, the server is never put into sleep during an active backup operation or a backup cleanup. 

You can define services, which are stopped on suspend and restarted after resume. 

Overview