We've setup monitor groups for some of our critical apps and have setup downtime schedules for them. A couple of questions regarding the monitoring and alerts when a monitor is scheduled for maintenance.

 

1. Is it possible to generate e-mail alerts when a downtime schedule is in place? An alert confirming that the maintenance window has started and another alert after the maintenance window is over to confirm the services are back online. This will be great for reporting purposes.

 

2. With regards to monitor groups, if one of the applications is scheduled for maintenance, and one is not, the monitor group will not display the purple bar indicating that one of the applications is currently offline due to maintenance. Is there a way to ensure that the monitor group availability reflects that maintenance window scheduled as well? It seems like the application that is available will supersede the status of the application under going maintenance.

 

Regards,

Cyrus