Roles in vFabric Hyperic EE - Alert Windows and Holidays

[rwmastel]

Hello,

I use different roles with different alert windows to send alerts (e-mail or sms) to the service desk or engineers.  If I want to alert the server team, I send an alert to both the ServerTeamBusinessHoursRole and to the ServerTeamAfterHoursRole.  Depending on the date and time, one role or the other will actualy send an alert.  But, what happens during holidays?  Does anyone know of a way to configure a role to receive alerts based on a holiday calendar?

Thanks,
Rodd

[admin]

You can use the Schedule Downtime feature to deactivate alerts during the holidays - http://pubs.vmware.com/vfabricHyperic50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vfabric.hyperic.5.0/Schedule_Dow... .

But I don't think there is a way to configure a role to receive alerts based on a holiday calendar.

[rwmastel]

So do people just change the configuration of the roles heading into a holiday?  I'm trying to avoid manual processes.  Is there a better way to accomplish my goal?

Thanks

Rodd