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Masking elements ahead of time

Solved1.22K views6th July 2023elements Masking
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Johan Jacobs66 28th March 2023 1 Comment

Good Day

I want to ask is it possible to give an element a time period when it should mask it self an hour or two ahead before maintenance or tests

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 6th July 2023
Johan Jacobs commented 28th March 2023

As an example lets say tests will be done tonight at 10pm, can I give it a command at 2pm that it will mask itself at 5 minutes before 10 and unmask itself at half past 10?

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Miguel Obregon [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst]18.99K Posted 28th March 2023 2 Comments

Hi Johan,

I believe there are two possible ways to handle your use case:

  1. When configuring an alarm template, you could schedule when the alarm template can be disabled. For more information, please check DataMiner Docs (Scheduling an alarm template). A possible drawback here is that most probably your alarm template is assigned to multiple elements, so all the elements will be affected. However, you could create a new alarm template for the device under maintenance.
  2. Another option is creating an automation script that will mask an element. This automation script can be triggered via a scheduled task. There is a method that allows you to mask an element for a specific amount of time, please check DataMiner Docs (Automation - Mask Element)

Hope it helps.

Miguel Obregon [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Posted new comment 28th March 2023
Johan Jacobs commented 28th March 2023

Hi Miguel

In a case like this if i have multiple sites using the same alarm template but only 1 or even 2 sites will be under maintenance, will this also deactivate all sites using the same alarm template?

Miguel Obregon [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] commented 28th March 2023

Hi Jacob,
With sites I believe you are referring to DataMiner elements.
If this is the case, indeed, it will deactivate all the elements using the alarm template. Please keep in mind that you could create another alarm template with the same thresholds but assign only to the elements under maintenance. That new alarm template can be deactivated and will only apply to the elements under maintenance

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