It would be very useful to have the ability to add a recurring schedule from the maintenance mode drop down.
Currently you can only schedule a one time event:
Bump.
To to top bumpidy bump
Bump! This needs to be implemented
I'm missing the 'recurring maintenance schedule' option in SolarWinds for recurring maintenance windows I'm trying to implement.
This feature really needs to be implemented soon. Could not believe the maintenance schedule could not be set recurring.
Friday Bump
We are actively looking to replace SolarWinds SAM because of this simple feature that isn't implemented. It is astonishing really.
I recently opened a ticket for this functionality to confirm it was not available. I was told that they submitted a feature request on my behalf but that I should visit Thwack to also submit the idea. Imagine my disappointment to discover that this idea was submitted almost 2 years ago! This seems like the most basic of features for an enterprise monitoring platform. Competitive solutions already posses this functionality. C'mon SolarWinds!
Case # - 00280764 Recurring maintenance windows - suppress polling/alerting nodes nightly
Good day!I have submitted a feature request to our development team as requested as thefunctionality that you require is currently not in our product. We will nowclose and archive this ticket. We value your opinion as a customer and without you we wouldn’t have suchstrong features in our products. The development teams look very closely ateach one to determine viability and will decide on the timeline of the release(if they decide to implement the feature). We cannot deliver timeframes orrelease dates for all feature requests.You may also post your request to the Thwack forum for the SolarWinds productyou wish to see improved. Thwack Feature Request forums are here: http://thwack.solarwinds.com/community/feature-request_tht.Create a post titled “FEATURE REQUEST - Name of the Feature Request” and detailyour request including case number. These forums are monitored by our ProductManagers. This will allow other customers to voice their opinions as to whetherthey would find the feature useful.You may find "What we are working on" interesting:http://thwack.solarwinds.com/thread/43025"How To Create Ideas and Feature Requests"http://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-167238"Ideation Process & FAQ"http://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-167239Kind Regards,Gian Carlo BanaoSolarWinds Technical Support
Bump, just because it hurts my work soul that this isn't already in place
Bumping again! As a newcomer to SolarWinds, I couldn't believe that this isn't available!
This should be table stacks in an enterprise class monitoring system
Bump! Common guys!
Bumping Again!!!
Tuesday morning "How is this not implemented" bump
Super bump... Let's get this done!!!
Almost 2 years in! BUMP!
Message received! I'm definitely interested in implementing this one, but it's not something we're currently working on. Our next release will be focused on performance improvements, better localization, and device support. More to follow soon... That said, I've got some calls scheduled next week to explore this idea, and I'm considering adding it to the roadmap soon!
"...but it's not something we're currently working on..."
Gotta be honest here, Jason: Why? Solarwinds is behind the curve here, and after 2+ years, it shouldn't be "under consideration". It either warrants the resources to have done it by now, or it should be flagged as "we're not going to do this". Having this outstanding for this amount of time is curious at best and frustrating at worst.And for what it's worth, the performance improvement I could ask Solarwinds for the most right now is... the ability to schedule maintenance windows. Not having it costs me time and results in a poor experience for my team.
Thanks for listening.
jason.carrier Many thanks for taking the time to discuss this topic with me today! As you can tell there are a lot of passionate people in this community and knowing that the team at Solarwinds is listening is very cool. I look forward to continue collaborating together!
Cheers
Likewise, and you're very welcome!
This would be so usefull ! be able to plan a reccurring maintenance window.
typically we need to be able to delegate this easily to people who manager the server without the need to go to the SolarWinds to use the Unmanage Schedule Utiliy.
this should be considered as a basic/core feature of the SolarWinds products.
its been voted on for two years, not looking promising, this is essential feature for managing maintenance windows.
Still embarrassing this isn't implemented bump
jason.carrier Any chance this is making it into the upcoming releases? If yes, I'm going to sign up for the dev assisted upgrade. If not.... sad panda
I have to say, super disappointing in this not being implemented yet. We are looking at different monitoring solutions that provide this feature (it's not hard since they all do). It is simply too time consuming for us to constantly manually placing nodes in maintenance mode. Every time one of the Directors would ask me to "Just schedule re-occurring maintenance mode on this..." and I would tell them that we can't, I would get blank, confused stare and then I have to explain, why our enterprise monitoring solution does not have this basic feature.
Waited long enough...it's been fun Solarwinds....
It's not going to be in our next release, but I've got it included on NPMs roadmap. Look forward to sharing greater detail as soon as I'm able!
Chiming in with everyone else! This is a necessary feature.! We just bought our Solarwinds license, and had 20 server alerts yesterday due to Windows updates and reboots. My Boss complained, and I said "No prob, I will go in and schedule a reoccurring mute window." Imagine my surprise when I found out that it is impossible! This needs to be added ASAP. Then I notice this thread is 2 1/2 years old! And "...but it's not something we're currently working on..." is a really crappy answer, guys.
Upvoting (sigh)
Perhaps some of the best advice I've read: "Don't enable any alerts until you've determined they will tell you something important, and that you can take immediate action on the cause of the alerts to correct or prevent problems."
You could adjust those specific alerts to NOT send them to folks who don't need them. If only you receive them, that's better than them causing your boss headaches & questions.
adatole has written the book on not creating alerts if you don't need them, and not creating/enabling any alerts if they are not actionable.
There are great resources available to learn about creating and limiting (and NOT creating) alerts here:
https://thwack.solarwinds.com/search.jspa?q=alerts+adato
needs to handle multiple schedulesand MUTE and UN-MUTE options also.
Voted, this feature would be great!
Please please put this in, having to use the unmanage utility with windows task scheduler is a real pain
please have this added in next major release.. very much needed feature....
jason.carrier can we please get a status update. As you can tell from the continued “bumps” this would be a big win.
Sure thing. I agree this one would be a big win, and I'd love to get it built. When we talked internally about how much developer capacity it would consume, it was much more than I expected. There are some hindrances related to scheduling in our core architecture that need to be resolved first. It's still on my radar, but not something we're actively building at present.
I hear all your "bumps".
2020 new year hope bump!!
