This task describes how to modify an existing blackout script.
You can only use this procedure to modify blackout scripts that you created using the Scheduling Blackouts command. If you created a blackout script outside of BMC PATROL, you cannot modify it using this procedure.
Use the following table to perform the actions necessary to select application instances for a blackout period.
To Achieve this Result | Perform the Following Action(s) |
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Suspend monitoring for all application class instances on a computer | Click the Select All Instances option and click Select. |
Suspend monitoring for all application instances within selected application classes | 1. In the Application List group box, select all the application classes for which you want to suspend monitoring. 2. Click the Select All Instances in the Highlighted Classes option and click Select. |
Suspend monitoring for selected application instances | 1. In the Application List group box, select the application class for which you want to suspend monitoring. 2. Click the Select Only the Highlighted Instances option and click Select. The application class expands to list all instances within the application class. 3. Highlight the instances for which you want to suspend monitoring and click Select. |
Clear all of your instance selection choices and start over | Click the Clear All Selections option and click Select. |
Note
If you want to remove an application class or instance from the script, highlight it in the Selected Instances group box and click Select.
Use the spinner buttons or type a value in the following fields:
Field | Description |
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Days | Indicate how many days the blackout period should last |
Hrs | Indicate how many hours the blackout period should last |
Mins | Indicate how many minutes the blackout period should last |
In the Execute Script at: group box, use the spinner buttons or type a value in the following fields to schedule the blackout script:
Field | Description |
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Month | Indicate the month in which the blackout script should execute |
Day | Indicate the date on which the blackout script should execute |
Year | Indicate the year in which the blackout script should execute |
hh | Indicate at which hour of the day the blackout script should execute Enter hours in military time. For example, if you want to schedule a script to execute at 4 P.M., enter 16 in this field. |
mm | Indicate at which minute the blackout script should execute |
ss | Indicate at which second the blackout script should execute |
If you want to set the blackout script to occur at regularly scheduled intervals, use the spinner buttons or type values in the following fields of the Repeat Execution: group box:
Field | Description |
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Days | Number of days that should pass between blackout script executions |
hh | Number of hours that should pass between blackout script executions |
mm | Number of minutes that should pass between blackout script executions |
ss | Number of seconds that should pass between blackout script executions |
Select the Execute Once Immediately option if you want the script to execute now.
Note
If you do not select this option and you are scheduling a script that was supposed to run in the past, it will not run again until the repeated execution runtime. For example, if you have a blackout script that is supposed to run every Sunday evening, but you fill out this dialog box on a Monday morning, BMC PATROL will not run the script until the next scheduled execution. You must toggle the Execute Once Immediately button on to run the script now.