Exclusion Window Management dialog box

This dialog box lists all defined exclusion windows and enables you to create additional exclusion windows for your servers and to manage all defined exclusion windows. For more about exclusion windows, see Walkthrough-Defining-a-time-period-to-block-all-job-execution.

The exclusion windows are listed in a table with the following columns of data about each window:

  • Name
  • Description
  • Frequency — details of when and how often the window occurs
  • Duration — length of time that the window extends
  • Date created — when the window was created
  • User created — who created the window

Through this dialog box you can perform the following actions:

Objective

Instructions

Add a new time window

Click New Exclusion Window addIcon.png.
A 3-step wizard opens, displaying the first panel for General and Schedule settings.

Modify an existing window

Select the window and click Edit Exclusion Window editIcon.png.
The Edit Exclusion Window dialog box opens, displaying the first tab for General and Schedule settings.

Delete an existing window

Select the window and click Remove Exclusion Window deleteIcon.png. Then click Yes in the confirmation message.

Deactivate the window (temporarily)

Select the window and click Deactivate Window deactIcon.png. Then click Yes in the confirmation message.
The status icon in the Name column changes from green greenIcon.png to red redIcon.png.

Re-activate the window

Select the window and click Activate Window actIcon.png. Then click Yes in the confirmation message.
The status icon in the Name column changes from red redIcon.pngback to green greenIcon.png.

 

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