HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System V1.0 Administrator Guide (May 2004)

PCC Views, Detailed Descriptions Chapter 2: Persist Control Center
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Downtime
The Downtime view lets you view and schedule host and service downtimes, to
disable notifications during periods the target hosts and services are down.
Scheduled downtimes are generally periods of planned outage, but you can
also schedule downtime for a host or service that is already down.
Note: The only effect of a scheduled downtime is to suppress sending
notifications; in particular, services are
not disabled during a
downtime.
Since services are not disabled during downtimes, scheduling a downtime for
a host also has the effect of scheduling equivalent downtimes for all of its
services. When a host is down, checks of its services fail, causing the host
itself to be checked. Detected failure of the host then leads to a single notifi-
cation about the host being down; no service notifications are produced. If the
host is scheduled for a downtime, this host notification is suppressed; no
notifications are sent at all.
Scheduled downtimes are preserved across PCC shutdowns and restarts.
Disabling Notifications by Scheduling Downtimes
To disable notifications during periods that you expect a host or service to be
down, you schedule a downtime for the host or service by clicking the
Schedule
host downtime
or Schedule service downtime link. This displays the External
Table 2-37: Links To the Comments View
Origin Link
left menu Comments
Table 2-38: Links From the Comments View
Destination Link
External Command Interface ,
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