Creating an Auto Right-Sizing Maintenance Window

To create a new Auto Right-Sizing maintenance window:

  1. On the Cloud Fabric > Scaling > Maintenance Windows tab, click Maintenance Windows.

  2. On the Create Maintenance Window dialog, enter the following:

    Field Description

    Name

    Name of the maintenance window.

    Start

    The date on which to start running the maintenance window. The Start time will be adjusted to the nearest 30-minute Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) interval after saving.

    For example, if you select a start time of 9:10 am for your maintenance window, it is adjusted to 9am UTC after saving.

    Repeat

    • Daily: every x days

    • Weekly: every x weeks on a day of the week

    • Monthly: every x months on the first, second, third, fourth, second last, or last day of the month

      You can also select specific days of the week.

    Every

    Enter the number of days/weeks/months to elapse before running the next scheduled maintenance window.

    For example, if you select Daily above, enter '2' in the Every field to run the maintenance window schedule every two days.

    On

    • Weekly: Days of the week

    • Monthly: See information in Repeat row

    Maintenance Window Length

    Set the length of the maintenance window (must be a minimum of four hours). The window length is approximated to the nearest 15 minutes.

  1. Click Save.