This article applies to PRTG Network Monitor 12 or later, as well as partly to previous (deprecated) versions

How can I temporarily disable notifications for specific devices in PRTG during a maintenance window, like when installing Windows Updates and restarting devices at 2am on weekends?

Using maintenance windows to prevent false alarms

PRTG has a setting Maintenance Window for groups, probes, devices, and sensors that allows you to pause an object's monitoring within a defined time span.

Using schedules to prevent false alarms

PRTG supports a schedule concept. Using schedules you can pause monitoring and/or notifications at specific days and hours throughout the week. During a pause, no notifications will be sent.

You can define several schedules with different time frames. To do so, enter the PRTG web interface and go to Setup | Account Settings | Schedules. Once defined, the schedules can be used in the settings of any notification defined (Setup | Account Settings | Notifications), as well as in the settings of groups, probes, devices, and sensors.

• If you want a scheduled pause for notifications of specific devices only, use a separate notification with an own schedule for these devices.
• Once a schedule is connected with a certain notification or monitoring object, you can also change this schedule's settings later on. This will then affect all notifications and objects connected with this schedule.

See Also

• Manual section Scheduling (and linked parts)
• Manual section Notifying (and linked parts)
• Top 5 Reasons for Notification Problems