HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System V1.4 Administrator Guide (T3559-96027, March 2006)

NOTE:
The only effect of a scheduled downtime is to suppress sending notifications; in particular, services
are not disabled during downtimes.
Because services are not disabled during downtimes, scheduling a downtime for a host also schedules
equivalent d owntimes for all its services. When a host is down, its service checks fail, causing the host
itself to be checked. A d etected host failure leads to a s ingle noti fication about host being down; no
serv ice notifications a re produced. If the host is scheduled for a downtime, host notification is suppressed;
no notifications are sent.
Scheduled downtimes are preserved across PCC shutdowns and restarts.
Related Views
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"Host Inf ormation" on page 100 lets you schedule and delete scheduled host downtime.
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"Service Information" o n p age 104 lets you schedule and delete scheduled service downtime.
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"Scheduling Q ueue" on page 69 displays scheduled host and service checks, and lets you
schedule checks.
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"Nagios Info" on page 66 lets you disable notifications for all hosts and services. This is not for a
limited period, however. N otification remains globally disabled until you re-enable it.
Table 48 Links to Host Downtime view
Origin
Link
left menu
Host Downtime
Table 49 Links from Host Downtime view
Destination
Link
"External Command Inte
rface"onpage110
Schedule host/service downtime
Disabling notifications by scheduling service or host downtimes
1. IntheScheduledServiceDowntimeortheScheduledHostDowntimesection,clickSchedule service
downtime or Schedule host downtime. The External Command Interface appears.
2. In the Command Options section, enter the following information:
•HostName
• Service (appears in the Schedule service downtime only)
•Author(YourName)
• Comment
•StartTime
•EndTime
NOTE:
Fields in red, including Comment, are required. If you do not enter a comment, you are
informed that “an err or occurred while pr ocessing your command.”
3. To limit downtime to specified start and end times, select the Fixed check bo x.
To use flexible downtime for service, clear the Fixed check box, and enter information in the
Durat
ion fields.
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