Monthly Tasks for SMS 2003
In addition to the tasks that you perform daily and weekly, review data in the following categories on a monthly basis.
Most Common Alerts and Events
Most common alerts
Most common events
Most common alerts and events by rule group
Most common alerts and events by SMS 2003 component
Most common alerts and events by SMS 2003 feature
Develop an action plan to reduce these numbers.
SMS Backlog Monitoring
- Look at reports relating to the backlog trends on various site systems.
SMS Backlog Trends
- Review backlog-related reports to ensure that there is not a long-term upward trend in the number of backlogs or an unacceptable level of backlogs affecting service level agreements (SLAs) on an SMS site system.
SMS Performance Trends: Totals and Processing Rates
Discovery data records
Hardware inventory
Software inventory
Software metering
Status messages
General System Performance
Disk usage
Memory usage
Processor usage
SMS Service Availability
SMS_EXECUTIVE
SMS Agent Host Service
SMS Client Service
SMS_REPORTING_POINT
SMS_SERVER_LOCATOR_POINT
SMS_SQL_MONITOR
SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER
SMS Availability
- Run the SMS 2003 availability reports to review the availability of SMS servers and SMS components.
See Also
Concepts
Daily Tasks for SMS 2003
Weekly Tasks for SMS 2003
SMS 2003 Administrator Console Tasks
Other Resources
Performing Operations Tasks for the SMS2003 Management Pack
Troubleshooting the SMS 2003 Management Pack
Reference for Microsoft System Management Server 2003 Management Pack