If you have scheduled a maintenance period for the future, you can force a scheduled maintenance to take place immediately.

To force a scheduled maintenance:

  1. Log in to the console with user maint privileges.

  2. In the Notification Log Console, right-click a SchedMaint notification.

  3. Select Acknowledge.

  4. Right-click the notification and select Schedule Maintenance.

    The Schedule Maintenance dialog box appears.

  5. Type the starting date and time for the maintenance period in the Start Date/Time fields.

  6. Type the ending date and time for the maintenance period in the End Date/Time fields.

  7. Type a reason for the maintenance period in the Explanation field.

  8. Click OK.