By default, Uptime Infrastructure Monitor continuously collects data from monitored systems. If you need to collect data from a system at a particular interval, you can configure monitoring periods and apply them to a service monitor. Monitoring periods are times during which a service monitor actively monitors a host and send alerts.

You can easily create monitoring periods to suit your specific requirements. For example, you can create a monitoring period named Weekends that only monitors a host from 12:00 AM on Saturday to 11:59 PM on Sunday.

This article explains how to configure daily, weekly, and monthly monitoring periods.

Getting started

To configure monitoring periods

  1. On the UIM tool bar, click Services.
  2. In the Services tree panel, click Add Monitoring Period. The Monitoring Periods dialog appears.
  3. Use the steps in the following subtopics to configure a daily, weekly, or monthly monitoring period. Note that you can click Help on Time Formats for examples of proper formatting.

Configuring a daily monitoring period

A daily monitoring period checks a system once per day during a range of times that you specify.

To configure a daily monitoring period

  1. In the Add Monitoring Period window, type a descriptive name.
  2. In the Definition field, type the range you want using the proper format. For example, to create a monitoring period that runs every day of the week from 8 AM to 6 PM, type: Sun-Sat 8am-6pm.
  3. Click Save. You can now apply the monitoring period to a monitor.

Configuring a weekly monitoring period

A weekly monitoring period checks a system once or more over a seven-day period during a range of times that you specify.

To configure a weekly monitoring period

  1. In the Add Monitoring Period window, type a descriptive name.
  2. In the Definition field, type the range you want using the proper format. For example, to create a monitoring period that runs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the entire day, type: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:00am-11:59pm.
  3. Click Save. You can now apply the monitoring period to a monitor.

Configuring a monthly monitoring period

A monthly monitoring period checks a system once or more over a month, during a range of times that you specify.

To configure a monthly monitoring period

  1. In the Add Monitoring Period window, type a descriptive name.
  2. In the Definition field, type the range you want using the proper format. For example, to create a monitoring period that runs on a specific numerical day of the month or day of the week, use the format in the following images.

  3. Click Save. You can now apply the monitoring period to a monitor.

Applying monitoring periods to monitors

When creating a new service monitor, simply select the desired monitoring period in the Monitoring Period section. The process to change the monitoring period for a service monitor is similar:

  1. Open the service monitor for editing.
  2. Scroll down to the monitoring period section.
  3. Select the desired monitoring period, and then click Save.
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