Use the Maintenance Mode function to specify schedules, either one time or repeated, where you want to suppress monitoring. Typically you would do this when servers/devices are going to be unavailable due to some planned maintenance and you do not want to monitor these nor generate any alert notifications during maintenance down times.

Create a New Maintenance Schedule

1. Click the Settings option in the main navigation.
2. Click Maintenance. The Maintenance Mode sub tab will be selected by default.
3. The Maintenance Mode Configuration pane will appear.
   1. Existing Schedules will display any current or scheduled maintenance periods including the starting date/time, the duration, and whether the schedule is repeated.
      1. The servers/devices affected by the particular maintenance schedule are listed when you click Edit.
4. To add a new schedule, click Add Schedule. In the dialog that opens, define the date and time when you want the new maintenance schedule to be in effect.
   1. Date is MM/DD/YYYY; and time is HH:MM in 24 hour format.
   2. When the current time on the MonitorIT Server equals the Start Date/Time, the maintenance period is automatically in effect and the given monitoring and alerting is suppressed on the associated servers/devices.
5. Use the Duration field to specify how long you want the maintenance period to be in effect.
   1. At the end of the duration, the maintenance period automatically expires and monitoring and alerting is enabled for the associated servers/devices.
   2. If there is no Repeat Every field parameter defined, the schedule is deleted.
6. Click the Repeat field to enable the drop downs and specify if you want the maintenance schedule to be automatically repeated and rescheduled whenever it expires.
   1. This field should be blank if you only want to define a maintenance schedule that is effective one time. Schedules that do not repeat are automatically deleted when they expire.
   2. The Monthly choice reschedules for the same day of the month in the appropriate succeeding month; for example, a Repeat Every of 1 month would reschedule say February 6 to March 6, and March 6 to April 6, and so on.
7. The Groups: Servers/Devices Tree lists all eligible servers and devices that can be put into maintenance mode.
   1. Expand a primary group and see its associated servers/devices.
   2. Click the checkbox to select or unselect a server/device for this Maintenance Schedule.
8. When the new Maintenance Schedule is configured as desired, click Save Schedule.

Modify an Existing Maintenance Schedule

1. To edit an existing maintenance schedule, under the Existing Schedules section, select the maintenance schedule you would like to modify, and then select Edit.
2. To delete an existing maintenance schedule, under the Existing Schedules section, select the maintenance schedule you would like to remove, and then click Delete icon. A prompt will appear asking you to confirm the deletion of the Maintenance Schedule, select OK to confirm.