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maintenance is keeping hardware and/or software systems in a healthy state by performing tasks such as updating, cleaning or replacing parts.

maintenance is keeping hardware and/or software systems in a healthy state by performing tasks such as updating, cleaning or replacing parts.

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Unable to back up SQL Server databases using a maintenance plan

I am trying to create a maintenance plan that will run automatically and back up my SQL Server 2005 databases automatically. I create a new maintenance plan and add a "Back Up Database Task", select all User databases, and choose a path to back up…
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SQL Server 2005 Backup Failing

I have a database in full recovery model. This database's transaction log backups (scheduled via a Maintenance Plan) fail nightly. Here is the database's CREATE statement, etc: USE [master] GO /****** Object: Database [Gatekeeper] Script Date:…
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GCP Maintenance Events

We recently experienced an issue where our master Dataproc instance rebooted and some of our services didn't start up cleanly; we're not sure what triggered this reboot but the logs suggested that it was GCP maintenance. Although we could likely use…
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Should you occasionally discharge UPS to higher degree?

We're occasionally experiencing some short outages (few minutes at most or even seconds) so batteries in UPS almost never get below 90-80%. Is it advised to sometimes (eg. once half a year) perform some deeper discharge eg. to 30% in order to force…
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Automatic Updates on Production Server

Seeing as there have been more and more exploits recently with shellshock etc. Have the opinions of people changed in regards to having automatic updates on production servers? And what would the best way to run these be? Just chucking in a crontab…
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Allowed production maintenance during business hours

I recently came into managing a small startup. As most small startups, I would think, we have been doing what we wanted in production virtually when we thought it was okay. People are careful and things have worked very well. We have also been able…
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How is your "maintenance account" configured?

I know I'm not supposed to log in as root directly to configure things on my server. So, I always make a new account and add it to /etc/sudoers. I'd like to get some tips on configuring this maintenance account, however. Do you give it a home…
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Daemon to manage maintenance scripts

I have a bunch of "night shift scripts" to maintain a server. The problem is, the "action window", when those scripts may run is always different. Sometimes there's nothing going on for minutes and hours, sometimes the server crunching some data all…
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SQL Server Maintenance Plan failing - Failed to acquire connection "Local server connection"

I've got a recently installed sql 2005 database server (an upgrade from 2000 on the same machine), I'm trying to get maintenance plans set up to reindex etc but they are constantly failing. This is the message I get, I presume some permission for…
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Find files/folders that are filling up disk space

Possible Duplicate: How can I determine what is taking up so much space? I just had an old server go belly up because it ran out of drive space. I am logged in to the shell, and I'm trying to find more unused files to remove. Is there shell a…
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Automating enabling and disabling specific services for brief maintenance windows

For short periods of time (generally measured in seconds or minutes), I need to enable ftp (vsftpd) access on a webserver hosting WordPress so that plugins, themes, etc can be updated via the WP administrative dashboard. Currently, I initiate an ssh…
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Recommended maintenance plan for Windows PCs

I'm helping someone out with their PC and wanted to point them to to a Windows PC periodic maintenance plan. I was thinking they should: Run Disk cleanup (cleanmgr) Defragment their HD (maybe using Smart Defrag) Scan the HD for errors. Use the…
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Viewing history for Maintenance Plan causing out of memory exception

I am trying to view history for a maintenance plan but keep getting an out of memory exception. It seems that the problem is that SSMS can't access memory beyond the ~3gb range. I've tried to find an x64 version of SSMS to no avail. I've tried…
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Can I Run SQL Maintenance plan to rebuild indices anytime?

Can I Run a maintenance plan that does Index Maintenance anytime? I've got a slow database right now and I have a index maintenance plan that is set to run every week. I did database update yesterday and today system is very sluggish. Can I run…
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Can I stop a Gentoo "emerge world" to add a feature or use flag I forgot?

Can I stop a Gentoo "emerge world" to add a feature or use flag I forgot? If so, how much pain am I in for, and what steps would you recommend for safely getting the system back on its feet?
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