Disable or enable a maintenance window using the console - AWS Systems Manager

Disable or enable a maintenance window using the console

You can disable or enable a maintenance window in Maintenance Windows, a capability of AWS Systems Manager. You can choose one maintenance window at a time to either disable or enable the maintenance window from running. You can also select multiple or all maintenance windows to enable and disable.

This section describes how to disable or enable a maintenance window by using the Systems Manager console. For examples of how to do this by using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), see Tutorial: Update a maintenance window using the AWS CLI.

Disable a maintenance window using the console

You can disable a maintenance window to pause a task for a specified period, and it will remain available to enable again later.

To disable a maintenance window
  1. Open the AWS Systems Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Maintenance Windows.

  3. Using the check box next to the maintenance window that you want to disable, select one or more maintenance windows.

  4. Choose Disable maintenance window in the Actions menu. The system prompts you to confirm your actions.

Enable a maintenance window using the console

You can enable a maintenance window to resume a task.

Note

If the maintenance window uses a rate schedule and the start date is currently set to a past date and time, the current date and time is used as the start date for the maintenance window. You can change the start date of the maintenance window before or after enabling it. For information, see Update or delete maintenance window resources using the console.

To enable a maintenance window
  1. Open the AWS Systems Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Maintenance Windows.

  3. Select the check box next to the maintenance window to enable.

  4. Choose Actions, Enable maintenance window. The system prompts you to confirm your actions.