Maintenance windows

For conducting maintenance works on software or hardware, it is often necessary to temporarily disable access to the system. Maintenance windows allow you to define time periods during which the system will be unavailable for users. During these periods, users will be informed about the maintenance and will not be able to access the system. However, administrators will still have access to the system for maintenance purposes.

During maintenance the system is blocked to other users

Maintenance windows can be announced in advance, allowing users to plan their work accordingly. The announcement is visible in the title bar of the application.

Notification of upcoming maintenance

The list view

The list view provides you with an overview over all maintenance windows. You can use the table headers to define filters or to change the column width and order. Pressing the column chooser icon will give the possibility to add additional columns, e.g. about the change history.

Overview registered file storages

Create / Edit a maintenance window

Press the create or edit button. In the upcoming edit mask fill the relevant properties

Declare a maintenance window

User properties

A user contains the following information

Name

Logical name to identify the entry.

Notify (days in advance)

Declare when the users will be notified about the upcoming maintenance.

Start

Begin of the maintenance.

End

End of the maintenance.

Message

Message which will be shown to the user during maintenance.