Start Maintenance Mode

The Start Maintenance Mode object puts a monitor in System Center Operations Manager into maintenance mode. All alerts generated by computers watched by the monitor while in maintenance mode will be ignored.

How it is used

Use the Start Maintenance Mode object to ignore alerts at the start of maintenance procedures to prevent false alerts from being generated.

Configuration

To configure the Start Maintenance Mode object you need to know which System Center Operations Manager connection you will use, the name of the monitor that you want to put into maintenance mode, the reason, and duration of the maintenance mode.

Details tab

 

Connection	Click the ellipsis button (...) and select the System Center Operations Manager connection that this object will use.
Monitor	Click the ellipsis button and select the name of the monitor that is being put into maintenance mode.
Reason	Click the ellipsis button and select the reason why this monitor is being put into maintenance mode.
Duration	You must configure a duration for maintenance mode. The minimum duration is five minutes. Select the duration from the spin box.

Available Published Data

 

Name	Description
Comment	Comments that you provided about starting maintenance mode.
Connection	The connection string to the System Center Operations Manager server that you are using.
Domain	The domain that the alert came from.
FullName	The full name of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object.
Reason	The reason that you provided about why this monitor is being put into maintenance mode.
Server	The name of the System Center Operations Manager server.
StartTime	The start time of maintenance mode.
StopTime	The stop time of maintenance mode.
Username	The user name that was used to access the System Center Operations Manager server.

Common Published Data