MSP Best Practices: Server Maintenance Checklist
Properly deploying new servers for clients requires managed services providers to carefully plan and execute such initiatives. Keeping those servers running properly is an even bigger challenge. MSPs need to adopt methodic maintenance practices to help spot issues early and prevent problems from resulting in unplanned downtime and lost data.
Servers present so many fronts for failure and it’s difficult to know where to start. Using a checklist, like this one written by Erik Eckel for TechRepublic Premium, can help busy technicians systematically review numerous aspects in an order that doesn’t introduce additional problems.
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SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TASKS
Among the recommended software maintenance tasks are:
• Reviewing and addressing errors with Windows server logs, including the Application, Security, and System logs.
• Reviewing and addressing errors logged within third-party application logs.
• Reviewing and addressing issues captured by the MSP’s monitoring and Windows’ or third-party performance and network monitoring tools.
• Uninstalling applications that are no longer required.
• Reviewing and disabling any unnecessary services.
• Reviewing and confirming disk and email quotas remain appropriate.
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