ConfigMgr 2007 Maintenance Tasks

Common Daily Maintenance Tasks

Some common daily maintenance tasks are listed below:

Verify that predefined maintenance tasks scheduled to run daily are running successfully.
Check Configuration Manager 2007 site database status.
Check site server status.
Check Configuration Manager 2007 site system inboxes for backlogs.
Check site systems status.
Check client status.
Check the operating system event logs on site systems.
Check the SQL Server error log.
Check system performance.

Some common weekly maintenance tasks are listed below:

Verify that predefined maintenance tasks scheduled to run weekly are running successfully.
Delete unnecessary files from site systems.
Produce and distribute end-user reports if required.
Back up application, security, and system event logs and clear them.
Check the site database size and verify that there is enough available disk space on the site database server to allow the site database to grow.
Perform SQL Server database maintenance on the site database according to your SQL Server maintenance plan.
Check available disk space on all site systems.
Run disk defragmentation tools on all site systems.

Some common periodic maintenance tasks are listed below:

Review the security plan for any needed changes.
Change accounts and passwords if necessary according to your security plan.
Review the maintenance plan to verify that scheduled maintenance tasks are scheduled properly and effectively depending on configured site settings.
Review the Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy design for any needed changes.
Check network performance to ensure changes have not been made that affect site operations.
Verify Active Directory settings affecting site operations have not changed. For example, you should ensure that subnets assigned to Active Directory sites used as boundaries for a Configuration Manager 2007 site have not changed.
Review the disaster recovery plan for any needed changes.
Perform a site recovery according to the disaster recovery plan in a test lab using a backup copy of the most recent backup snapshot created by the Backup ConfigMgr Site Server maintenance task.
Check hardware for any errors or hardware updates available.
Check overall health of site.