Introduction
How to create a scheduled outage using opCharts 4.x.
Create Schedule outages in opCharts.
Go to Views tab ==> Scheduled Outages.
Click on the "New Outage" Button.
Under Node Selection we have Selector Type:
- Node
- Interface
- If we select Node then we need to choose any Property from the dropdown as shown below:
- Search for Node value and select required node for outage.
- If we select Interface then we need to search for required Node & select its elements either Interface or Interface Regex as its property
- For Interface we have to search for required element ex: vlan1
- For Interface Regex we can enter a valid regex pattern ex: vlan* or ^Vlan.*?$
Note 1: We can select all the Node values if we have same Property or add New selector to choose different Node Properties
Note 2: We can have a combination of both Node & Elements together by adding New Selectors separately in a single Scheduled Outage.
Fill out the other Outages information then click Save and Back.
Below are the fields and functions of the outage creation UI.
| Field | Function |
|---|---|
| Description | Add a description of the outage |
| Change ID | ID that goes along with the outage |
| Frequency | How often the outage occurs (Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly) |
| Start | When the outage starts |
| End | When the outage ends |
| Selector Type | The type of device the outage is for (Node or Interface) If selecting Interface then Search for Node & select |
| Property | For Node you can select property made from the dropdown list. For Interface it would be Interface or Interface Regex |
| Values | Multi select, search or paste comma separated property values |