Maintenance Categories

Maintenance Categories group Agents for easy management during schedule maintenance periods such a Windows service pack installations.  By utilizing the maintenance window you are able to schedule dates/times when notifications can be disabled automatically at regular intervals.

To create a new Maintenance Category

1.Right click on the Maintenance Category container and select New | Maintenance Category. The New Category Wizard will appear. Click Next to continue.

2.A list of Agents will appear. Select the Agent(s) you want in this category. Click Next to continue.

Note
You are not required to select any Agents. Maintenance Categories can be created and assigned to agents at any time.

3.The Maintenance Schedule will appear where you can specify the start date/time, duration and recurrence pattern.  Once, Daily, Weekly or Monthly are available recurrence patterns. Click Next to continue.

4.The Item Name and Description dialog will appear. Enter the Name for the new Category, and an optional Description. Click Finish to create the maintenance category.

You can also create a new category from the Monitoring Categories tab inside the properties of an Agent, or from the Categories tab inside the properties of a Monitor Item. To do this, right-click anywhere in the tab dialog, select New Agent Category, and complete steps 2-5 above.

Agents Tab

In the properties of a Maintenance Category, the Agents tab will show all the configured Agents. Checkmarks appear next to Agents assigned to the Category.

Maintenance Tab

In the properties of a Maintenance Category, the Maintenance tab will show the current Maintenance schedule.