Is it possible to define a downtime in Synthetic Monitoring?

[dbusquets]

Hi,

We want to know if it's possible to create a Synthetic monitor (HTTP monitor or Clickpath browser) with a specific downtime period to not execute that monitor on a specific timeframe (after midnight, on weekends, etc).

Thanks!

Dani

[AK · Accepted solution]

I think, setting up maintenance window along with Disable synthetic monitor execution will work here.

Regards,

AK

[pahofmann]

I had missed that this is possible now, very good to know! That was requested in many projects I've done.

[ChadTurner]

@AK is correct @dbusquets. You can set a maintenance window that will suppress the synthetic runs. This will completely prevent that Dynatrace Synthetics from running thus cutting down your usage. 

[dbusquets]

Thank you all for your help and rapid response! 🔝

[sander_zagreda]

Besides using a maintenance window, I'm using tags where scripts are activated/deactivated via API calls (any combination of tags can be applied).  For me this works best until a true scheduler is available for Synthetics.

e.g. Tag values and meaning

D05.00_20.00 ==> Daily 5AM - 8PM
D07.00_22.00 ==> Daily 7AM - 10PM
D07.00_24.00 ==> Daily 7AM - MidNight
D09.00_18.00 ==> Daily 9AM - 6PM
WD03.00_23.30 ==> Mon-Fri 3AM - 11:30PM
WD05.00_21.30 ==> Mon-Fri 5AM - 9:30PM
WD07.00_19.00 ==> Mon-Fri 7AM - 7PM
WD07.00_21.00 ==> Mon-Fri 7AM - 9PM
WD07.00_22.00 ==> Mon-Fri 7AM - 10PM
WD07.30_19.00 ==> Mon-Fri 7.30AM - 7PM
WD08.00_17.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8AM - 5PM
WD08.00_18.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8AM - 6PM
WD08.00_20.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8AM - 8PM
WD08.00_21.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8AM - 9PM
WD08.30_19.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8.30AM - 7PM
WD09.00_20.00 ==> Mon-Fri 9AM - 8PM
WD24x5 ==> Mon-Fri
WE06.00_18.00 ==> Sat-Sun 6AM - 6PM
WE07.00_18.00 ==> Sat-Sun 7AM - 6PM
WE08.00_18.00 ==> Sat-Sun 8AM - 6PM
WE09.00_18.00 ==> Sat-Sun 9AM - 6PM
SAT3.00_17.00 ==> Sat 3AM - 5:00PM
SAT5.00_15.45 ==> Sat 5AM - 3:45PM
SAT07.00_16.00 ==> Sat 7AM - 4PM

1. D05.00_20.00 ==> Daily 5AM - 8PM
2. D07.00_22.00 ==> Daily 7AM - 10PM
3. D07.00_24.00 ==> Daily 7AM - MidNight
4. D09.00_18.00 ==> Daily 9AM - 6PM
5. WD03.00_23.30 ==> Mon-Fri 3AM - 11:30PM
6. WD05.00_21.30 ==> Mon-Fri 5AM - 9:30PM
7. WD07.00_19.00 ==> Mon-Fri 7AM - 7PM
8. WD07.00_21.00 ==> Mon-Fri 7AM - 9PM
9. WD07.00_22.00 ==> Mon-Fri 7AM - 10PM
10. WD07.30_19.00 ==> Mon-Fri 7.30AM - 7PM
11. WD08.00_17.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8AM - 5PM
12. WD08.00_18.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8AM - 6PM
13. WD08.00_20.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8AM - 8PM
14. WD08.00_21.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8AM - 9PM
15. WD08.30_19.00 ==> Mon-Fri 8.30AM - 7PM
16. WD09.00_20.00 ==> Mon-Fri 9AM - 8PM
17. WD24x5 ==> Mon-Fri
18. WE06.00_18.00 ==> Sat-Sun 6AM - 6PM
19. WE07.00_18.00 ==> Sat-Sun 7AM - 6PM
20. WE08.00_18.00 ==> Sat-Sun 8AM - 6PM
21. WE09.00_18.00 ==> Sat-Sun 9AM - 6PM
22. SAT3.00_17.00 ==> Sat 3AM - 5:00PM
23. SAT5.00_15.45 ==> Sat 5AM - 3:45PM
24. SAT07.00_16.00 ==> Sat 7AM - 4PM