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Computer & Network Maintenance Checklist PDF

The network administrator should regularly perform maintenance checks on servers, workstations, and the network. This includes installing updates, monitoring for viruses, checking for inappropriate programs, cleaning machines, defragmenting hard drives, scanning for malware, monitoring storage space, backing up data both on and off site, ensuring the firewall is secure, setting up spam filtering, and verifying hardware is sufficient and up to date. The goal is to keep the computer systems performing well and address any issues.

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Computer & Network Maintenance Checklist PDF

The network administrator should regularly perform maintenance checks on servers, workstations, and the network. This includes installing updates, monitoring for viruses, checking for inappropriate programs, cleaning machines, defragmenting hard drives, scanning for malware, monitoring storage space, backing up data both on and off site, ensuring the firewall is secure, setting up spam filtering, and verifying hardware is sufficient and up to date. The goal is to keep the computer systems performing well and address any issues.

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Computer and Network Maintenance Checklist

To keep Chronicle (and your computer system in general) performing well, the network administrator
should regularly do each of the following:

On Servers & Workstations


‰ Check for and install Windows updates.
‰ Check for and install Office updates.
‰ Check Windows event logs, and correct ALL errors and potential issues identified there.
‰ Monitor and maintain virus protection.
‰ Check for games, memory-intensive screen savers, and other programs that shouldn’t be
installed. It’s especially important that no one install/play games or run other programs directly
from the Chronicle server; this can seriously affect performance. If any inappropriate programs
are found, uninstall them and notify management as necessary.

‰ Check with users to see if they are experiencing any computer or software problems.
‰ Periodically clean machines internally.
On Workstations Only
‰ Periodically defragment the hard drive.
‰ Regularly run Spybot and Ad-aware to scan for and remove ad and spyware. (This should be
unnecessary on servers since users should never browse the internet directly from a server.)

On the Servers Only


‰ Monitor drive space on the Chronicle server and on the file server.
‰ Maintain regular, rotating network backups that include Chronicle’s backup folder, QuickBooks
data file(s), and any other key data. (However, do NOT directly back up from any hard drive on
the Chronicle server; only back up from the backup folder Chronicle writes to your network.
Please contact us if you have any questions about where to get the Chronicle data to back up.)

‰ Store copies of backups off-site.


General
‰ Check the firewall, making sure ports are closed except as needed for Chronicle and your other
applications.

‰ Setup and maintain spam filtering.


‰ Make sure each computer has adequate memory, processor, hard drive space, etc., and suggest
an upgrade plan to periodically replace obsolete machines.

‰ Make sure cables and switches are up to date and sufficient.


‰ Organize all software by computer/user so you know what you have and so you can quickly find
it if you need to reinstall any software.

‰ Arrange for someone to cover for you in case a network problem occurs when you are
unavailable or away.

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