Question - Scheduled Downtime

Morris, Patrick patrick.morris at hp.com
Mon Dec 14 19:01:52 CET 2009


Edwin Zoeller wrote:
> When a service or host is put in scheduled downtime does the monitor 
> still execute against the service it's checking? OR does it stop? I am 
> having a big debate here at work on this. I say, as what I understand, 
> is that when it is scheduled for downtime, no monitor is sent out for 
> that service.
>  
> Please someone correct me if I am wrong and explain what really 
> happens so I can end this dispute.
>

You're wrong.

Scheduling downtime only disables notifications.  You can easily verify 
this by watching your logs during downtimes: You'll still see a host or 
service go offline, but no notification will go out.


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