Caring for your server

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance task

Immediately

Weekly

When

See...

 

after purchase

 

needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check for viruses

 

X

X

page 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean up hard drives

 

X

X

page 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scan hard drive for errors

 

X

X

page 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defragment hard drive

 

X

X

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Back up files

 

 

X

page 27

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean tape backup drive

 

 

X

page 29 and

 

 

 

 

the drive’s

 

 

 

 

documentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean server case

 

 

X

page 28

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean keyboard

 

 

X

page 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean screen

 

 

X

page 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean mouse

 

 

X

page 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create startup diskettes

X

 

X

page 32

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create emergency repair

 

 

X

page 32

diskette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAID consistency check

 

 

(Monthly)

The program’s

 

 

 

 

documentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

www.gateway.com

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Gateway 960 manual Maintenance task, Weekly