Recommended monthly maintenance includes tasks like backing up your data, cleaning your tape drive, and running a monthly circulation statistics report.
Monthly Tasks |
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Task |
Purpose |
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Run any monthly reports that you want. Note: You can set up Day End to generate reports automatically. |
Prints various kinds of reports, such as hold lists for patrons and staff, circulation statistics, and so on. |
Refer to the documentation for the specific reports that you want to run. |
Check your database free space. |
Shows the amount of free space in your database. |
Refer to the documentation for your specific database. |
Check your server free space. |
Shows the amount of free space on your server. |
Refer to the documentation for your specific operating system. |
Back up your operating system. Note: Check the log file to verify that the backup completed successfully. |
Creates a monthly backup of your operating system. |
Refer to the documentation for your specific operating system. |
Delete any old or unused files or directories from the server. |
Frees up server space by eliminating old, unnecessary files. Speeds up overall server performance. |
Refer to the documentation for your specific operating system. |
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