How to apply a blackout:
- Open a Command Line window (cmd)
- Navigate to the Foglight Home directory (default is Quest Software/Foglight/bin)
- Issue the following command:
fglcmd .{bat or .sh} -usr foglight -pwd foglight -cmd agent:setschedule -type DB_SQL_Server -schedulename "Beginning of the day" -force
** In the above example foglight was the user and password, DB_SQL_Server was the Agent type, and "Beginning of the day" was the Schedule (Blackout) applied **
** If you wanted to blackout the schedule immediately, 24/7, you would use the schedule name called "Always". Schedule names are listed and can be managed in the UI at Admin Console | Dashboards |Administration | Schedules | Manage Schedules **
** Regular Expressions (REGEX's are a industry standard for wildcards) can be used with -type option. Search Foglight help for more information on Regular Expressions.
To verify that the Schedule (Blackout) has been applied
- Open the Foglight Console (UI)
- Expand Administration | Agents | Agents Blackout Dashboard
- Use the Type field to sort by the "type" of agent, in this case DB_SQL_Server - this will list all Hosts with the DB_SQL_Server agent deployed
** You will now see the above selected Schedule (Beginning of the day) listed in the "Schedule Name" field in the Agent Blackout Dashboard for the DB_SQL_Server agents **
To remove the Schedule (Blackout) using the Command Line (cmd)
- Open a Command Line window (cmd)
- Navigate to the Foglight Home directory (default is Quest Software/Foglight/bin)
- Issue the following command:
fglcmd .{bat or .sh} -usr foglight -pwd foglight -cmd agent:setschedule -type DB_SQL_Server -none -force
To verify that the Schedule (Blackout) was removed
- Open the Foglight Console (UI)
- Expand Administration | Agents | Agents Blackout Dashboard
- Use the Type field to sort by the "type" of the agent, in this case DB_SQL_Server - this will list all Hosts with the DB_SQL_Server agent deployed
** You will now see "none" listed in the Schedule Name field in the Agent Blackout Dashboard for the DB_SQL_Server agents **