Writer instructions

Page title

For most spaces, this page must be titled Space announcements.

For spaces with localized content, this page must be titled Space announcements l10n.

Purpose

Provide an announcement banner on every page of your space.

Location

Move this page outside of your home branch.

Guidelines

Announcement Support for this product will end on November 3, 2025. We recommend that you use PATROL for Linux, PATROL for AIX, or PATROL for Solaris to monitor operating systems.

Specifying a Default Directory for Blackout Scripts

This task provides information about specifying a directory in which blackout scripts will be saved when the supplied path is a relative path name (a path name that does not begin with a slash "/" character). If you do not specify a default directory for blackout scripts, blackout scripts will be saved in the PATROL_HOME directory (the directory specified in the PATROL Agent /home variable).

To specify the blackout script directory

Before you identify the directory location, ensure that the blackout script directory meets the following requirements:

  • The blackout script directory must exist on the system.
  • The PATROL default account must have read and execute permissions for the blackout script directory.

Use the following procedure to specify a directory as the default blackout file directory:

  1. Access the Scheduler application menu as described in Accessing-KM-Commands-and-InfoBoxes.
  2. Select Set Default Blackout Script Directory from the pop-up menu. The Identify-Default-Blackout-Script-Directory-dialog-box  is displayed.
  3. Type the full path of the blackout script directory in the Enter Full Path field.
  4. Click Apply.

Do not store blackout script files in the /tmp directory; many UNIX systems automatically clear this directory upon system reboot.

Related topics

Using-PATROL-to-Schedule-Blackout-Periods

 

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