# doctl databases maintenance-window – DigitalOcean Documentation

> The `doctl databases maintenance-window` commands allow you to schedule, and check the schedule of, maintenance windows for your databases.

Maintenance windows are hour-long blocks of time during which DigitalOcean performs automatic maintenance on databases every week. During this time, health checks, security updates, version upgrades, and more are performed.

To install an update outside of a maintenance window, use the `doctl databases maintenance-window install` command.
- [doctl databases maintenance-window get](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/maintenance-window/get/index.html.md): Retrieves the following information on currently-scheduled maintenance windows for the specified database cluster: - The day of the week the maintenance window occurs - The hour in UTC when maintenance updates will be applied, in 24 hour format, such as …
- [doctl databases maintenance-window install](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/maintenance-window/install/index.html.md): Starts the installation of updates for the specified database cluster immediately outside of a maintenance window.
- [doctl databases maintenance-window update](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/maintenance-window/update/index.html.md): Updates the maintenance window for the specified database cluster. Maintenance windows are hour-long blocks of time during which DigitalOcean performs automatic maintenance on databases every week. During this time, health checks, security updates, version …