Summary of Maintenance Tasks and Recommendations

Table 22.3 summarizes some of the maintenance tasks and recommendations examined in this chapter.

Table 22.3. Windows Server 2003 Maintenance Tasks

Daily	Weekly	Monthly	Quarterly	Tasks and Servers Accessed for Task Completion	Requires Server Downtime?
X				Check overall server functionality (login, access services, and so on)	No
X				Verify that backups are successful	No
X				Monitor Event Viewer	No
	X			Check disk space	No
	X			Verify hardware	No
	X			Archive event logs	No
	X			Run Disk Defragmenter	No
	X			Run the Domain Controller	No
				Diagnostic Tool (DCDIAG.exe)
	X			Test the UPS
		X		Run CHKDSK	Yes, if errors are found
		X		Validate backups and restores	No
		X		Update documents	No
			X	Check disk space	No
			X	Change administrator passwords	No
			X	Run offline defrag of NTDS.DIT	Yes