TEC Task Library - Start_Maintenance
Informs the event server that a host has been put in maintenance mode. Select the event server to inform,
type the name of the host to put in maintenance mode, and specify the duration for the maintenance mode.
To configure the task:
- Select Start_Maintenance from the TEC Tasks list in the Task Execution
dialog box.
The configuration options for the task are displayed in the
right pane.
- In the right pane, type or select values for the following fields:
- Event Server's Name
- The event server to inform. This is a required field.
- hostname
- The fully qualified name of the host to put in maintenance mode. This is a required field. The
default for this field is an asterisk. If you do not change this default, all hosts are put in
maintenance mode.
- Maintenance Owner Information
- Optional information, such as an e-mail address or phone number, that you can enter regarding the
person who is overseeing the maintenance for the host.
- Maintenance Duration
- The number of minutes during which the host is in maintenance mode. This is a required field.
The default is 60 minutes.
- Time To Start Maintenance
- The time at which the host is put in maintenance mode. If you leave this field blank, the host is
put in maintenance mode immediately.
Specify the time in this format:
yyyy mm dd hh mm ss
For example, 2003 06 12 23 30 00 indicates that the host is put in maintenance mode on
12 June 2003 at 23:30:00, or 11:30 p.m.
Assumptions and Prerequisites
- This task assumes that the wpostemsg command is available on the host where
the task executes. The wpostemsg command is always available on the event server
host and endpoints that have an event adapter installed.
Authorization Required
super, senior, admin, user
Command-Line (CLI) Execution
This task can be executed from the command line. You can also put a host in maintenance mode by running
the wstartmaint.sh shell script, which resides on the event server. Do not use the wpostemsg
command to send a TEC_Maintenance event.
See Also
- TEC Task Library
- The IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Command and Task Reference for details about tasks,
environment variables available to tasks,
and how to configure and execute tasks from the command line