Creating a Blackout Period

You can create a Blackout Period to have WhatsUp Gold suspend specific actions during a scheduled period of time. Use this feature to keep from sending a notification to someone who is on vacation, or to keep from sounding a Web Alarm when there is no one near-by to hear the alert.

Note: Polling dependencies & blackouts only apply to the collection of device active monitors.

To create a Blackout period:

1. On the device from which you want to create a Blackout Period, right-click, then select Properties. The Device Properties dialog appears.
2. Click Actions. The Device Properties - Actions dialog appears.
3. Select the action for which you want to create the Blackout Period, then click Edit. The monitor properties dialog appears.
4. Click Edit. The Action Builder appears.
5. Click Blackout Period. The Weekly Blackout Schedule dialog appears.
6. Set the times for which you want the blackout to occur.

   Note: The schedule that you set is repeated weekly.

7. Click OK.

See Also Using Actions Actions overview About the Action Library Configuring an action About Percent Variables Testing an action Assigning an action Removing an action About Action Policies Example: getting an Email alert when the Web server fails Using Scripting Actions