Do we have any other way to keep the servers in Maintenance Mode well in advance i.e. for a future date. Through SCOM Console, it only prompts to provide the end time and no option to provide start time. Is there any tool or scheduler available t

Hi,

Have a look at Tim's tool:

SCOM 2012 Maintenance Mode Scheduler

http://www.scom2k7.com/

Hi

Personally I've had issues with most scheduled maintenance mode utilities (I'm not in a US date \ time zone) and just rely on PowerShell either Task Scheduler or Orchestrator:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_stranger/archive/2012/11/07/put-om2012-computer-group-members-in-maintenance-mode-with-powershell.aspx

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/17eebf90-f6c7-46ba-9229-2bbde819aab2

Good news is that in vNext, scheduled maintenance mode is possible from the console (at least in the Technical Previews).

Cheers

Graham