Broadcasting messages from the Server - e.g. maintenance
I was wondering if there is some way to "broadcast" an instant message through the Team Server to all users currently logged into the server.
Basically the use case I am thinking of is this:
If I was a system administrator, and needed to take down the server for some emergency fix, how would I broadcast a message to everyone logged on to the server saying something like "I need to do some emergency maintenance on this Team Server, and plan to shut it down in 10 minutes. If anyone needs more time, please respond to this message in the next 10 minutes." ?
Thanks
Sean.
Basically the use case I am thinking of is this:
If I was a system administrator, and needed to take down the server for some emergency fix, how would I broadcast a message to everyone logged on to the server saying something like "I need to do some emergency maintenance on this Team Server, and plan to shut it down in 10 minutes. If anyone needs more time, please respond to this message in the next 10 minutes." ?
Thanks
Sean.
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Realistically, the scenario goes a bit farther, though. Not only do we need to message logged in users, but we need to block or automatically warn new logins during the pre-maintenance period.
I've run into this situation several times already (needing to do some maintenance and wanting to warn folks) and it really is a pain that the Admin console doesn't have a graceful way of handling this. It would really increase usability for our Admins if we could offer some support here.
I've run into this situation several times already (needing to do some maintenance and wanting to warn folks) and it really is a pain that the Admin console doesn't have a graceful way of handling this. It would really increase usability for our Admins if we could offer some support here.
Ah - didn't think about that case (users logging in after the initial 10 min warning example). This sounds like a good work item.
There is a related work item under discussion here:
https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Jazz%20Project#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=57931
you might want to add to that, or extract a new work item with more detail
regards
anthony
There is a related work item under discussion here:
https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Jazz%20Project#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=57931
you might want to add to that, or extract a new work item with more detail
regards
anthony