Schedule a planned outage from the Spotlight Client
To schedule maintenance times
- Click
Configure | Planned Outage.
Planned Outage grid
Name
The name of the connection scheduled for outage.
If multiple connections have been scheduled for this outage item then click the Multiple Connections text to show the names of the connections scheduled. You can also click on the list of connections and scroll it up down.
Type
The type of connection: SQL Server, SQL Server Replication, Availability Groups, Hyper-V, Windows Server, VMware Server, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Azure.
If multiple types of connections have been scheduled for this outage item then click the Multiple Types text to show the connection types scheduled. You can also click on the list of connections and scroll it up down.
Description
A description for the planned outage (as entered on the Planned Outage Details dialog).
Schedules
A textual description of the day, time and duration of the next planned outage.
The time is measured from the time zone of the Spotlight Diagnostic Server.
Status
| In Outage | The connection(s) are currently in outage. |
| Pending | There is a planned outage that is scheduled to start in the future. |
| Completed | The planned outage has either completed or monitoring has resumed. |
The Status column is updated once a minute. You may notice a delay (of up to a minute) from when the system status changes to when the Status column is updated.
Click on the column header to sort the grid by the contents of the column.
Actions for items on the Planned Outage grid
Resume Monitoring
Resume monitoring before the end of the scheduled time.
This can also be done from the Connections display.
Add
Create a planned outage. For more information, see Planned Outage Details.
Edit
Edit the selected planned outage. For more information, see Planned Outage Details.
Unavailable during the outage period.
Remove
Remove the selected planned outage.
Close
Close this dialog and save changes.
Help
Open this help page.
Monitored Server - Planned Outage alarm
A Monitored Server Planned Outage alarm is raised when planned outage begins. This information alarm clears when the planned outage completes. The information alarm shows up on Alarms by time and the Alarm log. On the Spotlight Overview page during a Planned Outage all controls are disabled (except Status).
Alarm Actions (Configure | Alarm Actions) can be written for the Monitored Server - Planned Outage alarm.