extend pause for probe/group

Hello,

I'm afraid a pause cannot be extended directly. You can however resume the probe/group and directly pause it again afterwards with a higher maintenance window. PRTG also allows you to set recurring maintenance windows via schedules.

Kind Regards,
Timo Dambach
Paessler Tech Support

Hi Timo, after some more testing/searching/reviewing I found the following:

PowerShell

There is a PowerShell module PrtgAPI which has the cmdlet "Pause-Object". Using this cmdlet it is possible to pause a PRTG device. Using the very same cmdlet one could also overwrite/update (aka "extend") the paused state of a device (and its sensors).

PRTG web interface

Using the extension/addon "Stylus" with my favourite browser and adding the following lines to the PRTG web interface the pause state of a paused sensor/device/group can be overwritten/updated (aka extended).

li.rootgroup.hideifpaused {
    display:block!important;
}

Question

For what reason (from a technical perspective) is the pause-menu hidden when a sensor/device/group is paused?

Hi Guenther,

Thank you very much for sharing those information/workarounds!

I will forward this issue/feature-request to our development. Hopefully the pause-menu won't be hidden anymore soon. However, this pause-menu is already visible when using the multiedit.