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Scheduling Maintenance for Services and Resources › How to Schedule Maintenance for Services and Resources › Define a Maintenance Schedule

Define a Maintenance Schedule

CA SOI lets you schedule maintenance to occur on specific days and times.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the Operations Console and select Tools, Schedule Editor.
  2. Click Creates a new maintenance schedule.
  3. Select or enter the following information:
    Schedule Type

    Specifies the type of schedule to create. Select “Maintenance Schedule” from the drop-down list. The other two schedule types (SLA Period and Business Hours) are used for SLAs and escalation policy.

    Start Date

    Specifies the day of the week and the date when the schedule begins. The date cannot be more than one year in the future.

    Time

    Specifies the start time, end time, and duration (in hours) of the maintenance. The duration is calculated automatically based on the start and end times.

    Recurrence

    Specifies how often to apply maintenance. Select from the following options:

    None

    Specifies that the maintenance schedule occurs only once.

    Daily

    Specifies that the schedule recurs every week day, every weekend, or after a specified number of days. For example, you can create a schedule that renews every three days. A daily schedule starts for the first time on the specified start date.

    Weekly

    Specifies that the schedule recurs after a specified number of weeks and begins on a specific day. For example, you can create a schedule that starts on the first Monday after the specified start date and renews every two weeks.

    Monthly

    Specifies that the schedule recurs after a specified number of months and begins on a specific day of the month. For example, you can create a schedule that starts on the fifth day of the month after the specified start date and renews every three months.

    Yearly

    Specifies that the schedule recurs after a specified number of years and begins on a specific day of a specific month. For example, you can create a schedule that starts on January 5 (the first occurrence of this day after the start date) and renews every two years.

    For all recurrence options, select either No Expiration for the schedule to recur indefinitely or enter a Schedule End Date when the schedule stops.

    Description

    Specifies a name for the schedule. Spaces and punctuation are allowed.

    Limits: 256 characters

  4. Click OK.

    The Schedule Editor reopens, with the new schedule listed on the Schedules tab.