Maintenance windows

Last published : Oct 16, 2026
A maintenance window is a time period that is scheduled for maintenance work. In the , authorized administrators can define maintenance windows to keep this period free for necessary IT maintenance tasks such as installing server updates. While a maintenance window is active, non-authorized administrators cannot use the and cannot start jobs.
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Defining a maintenance window

Requires
Menu right: Menu: View > System diagnostics > Maintenance windows
  1. In the Scout Console, click the menu entry View > System diagnostics > Maintenance windows...
  2. Click Add.
  3. In the Edit Maintenance window dialog, specify the following options for your new maintenance window:
    Option Description
    Name With descriptive names, you can distinguish multiple maintenance windows.
    From Date and time when the maintenance period will be started for the first time
    for Time period of the maintenance window
    Specify number and unit (hours or minutes)
    Example: 2 hours
    Repeat Repeats the maintenance window periodically, see example below
  4. Confirm with OK.
The maintenance window is defined and shown in the list of maintenance windows. For the duration of a defined maintenance window, the console will be blocked for administrators who do not have the Maintenance window menu right. The affected administrators can then only close the console, other actions are disabled. After the maintenance window has expired, they can restart the console as usual.
Note:
By default, the menu right is active and maintenance windows have no effect. If you disable the menu right for certain administrators, they will not be able to work with the console during the defined maintenance windows. Administrators with active menu right are not subject to any restrictions.

Example of a periodic maintenance window

For a maintenance window, for example defined from Friday, 06.09.2019, 20:00 for 2 hours, you can set the following repeat options:
Every day Daily, starting on Friday, 06.09.2019
Every week Every Friday of a week
Every month Every 6th of a month
Every first weekday in month Every Friday of the first week of the month
Every second weekday in month Every Friday of the second week of the month
Every third weekday in month Every Friday of the third week of the month
Every fourth weekday in month Every Friday of the fourth week of the month
Every last weekday in month Every Friday of the last week of the month