Creating Blackouts/Notification Blackouts

Blackouts/Notification Blackouts allow you to suspend monitoring on one or more managed targets.

To create a Blackout/Notification Blackout:

  1. From the Enterprise menu, select Monitoring and then Blackouts.
  2. From the table, click Create. Blackout and Notification Blackout selection dialog displays.
  3. Choose either Blackout or Notification Blackout and click Create. The Create Blackout/Notification Blackout page displays.

    When creating a Notification Blackout, you will also be able to specify the type of Notification Blackout via the Maintenance Window options.

    • Under maintenance. Target downtime is excluded from Availability(%) calculations.

    • Non-maintenance. Any target downtime will impact Availability(%) calculations.

  4. Enter the requisite parameters for the new blackout/Notification Blackout and then click Submit.