Blackout Knowledge Module for PATROL

The blackout of a PATROL KM is used to temporarily disable the monitoring of certain software during special operations such as backups, updates, etc. Its purpose is to make sure no false alerts are triggered wile performing such operations. For example, if an application is stopped to upgrade to the latest version, it is not necessary to receive an alert in the PATROL Console because the application’s processes are down.
Blackout KM for PATROL can disable a whole Knowledge Module (KM) down to a single PATROL instance. Several modes can be used to automatically trigger the blackout:
• At a given date and time
• Upon the presence or absence of a file
• Upon the presence or absence of a process
• Upon the presence or absence of a NT Service
The same modes can be used to stop the Blackout or a timeout can be set.
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