SOLVED Daily / Weekly / Monthly tasks

[Nscott]

I'm a new sudden admin - I'm familiar with SCCM as i've been a backup administrator for a few years doing some light duties, but our main SCCM administrator left abruptly and I was moved to his old role without any hand off -
I'm trying to set a list of the normal repetitive duties that comes up with this and set a cadence.
I've seen multiple posts around of the daily / weekly / monthly duties, but some i cannot find much information on... so i'm coming to you guys in your infinite and beautiful wisdom!
a) Questions below on each step they recommend you do - apologies for all of this, MSFT is very generic and i can't find much googling.
b) is there anything not listed below that i need to keep an eye on while i'm learning the ins and outs of this software? I feel like their list was pretty light.
- EG, WSUS maintenance somewhere? client activitiy, client check, etc.

from MSFT on this KB - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/maintenance-tasks

Daily Tasks​

The following are maintenance tasks that you might consider for on a daily schedule:

• Check that predefined maintenance tasks that are scheduled to run daily are running successfully.
  • Administration tab > Site configuraiton > Sites > Maintenance Tasks Tab "Success Column"
• Check the Configuration Manager database status.
  • unsure where this is? if this is referring to SQL, we have a SQL administrator who monitors this all.
• Check site server status.
  • Monitoring > Site Server Status
• Check Configuration Manager site system inboxes for file backlogs.
  • Where are these inboxes located? i saw a few references to differnt locations, but i'm unable to find the folders.
• Check site systems status.
  • unsure where this is?
• Check the operating system event logs from the site systems.
  • Is there a normal cadence of things to look for?
• Check the SQL Server error log from the site database computer.
  • We have a SQL admin that monitors all of this.
• Check system performance.
  • guessing they are referring to just general CPU/ Memory/ HDD usage?
• Check Configuration Manager alerts.
  • Monitoring > Alerts > active alerts

Weekly Tasks​

The following are maintenance tasks that you might consider for a weekly schedule:

• Check that predefined maintenance tasks that are scheduled to run weekly are running successfully
  • Administration tab > Site configuraiton > Sites > Maintenance Tasks Tab "Success Column"
• Delete unnecessary files from site systems.
  • What is considered "Unnecessary" and where would one look for these?
• Produce and distribute end-user reports if necessary.
  • n/a for us.
• Back up application, security, and system event logs and clear them.
  • Is this an automated task?
• Check the site database size and verify there's enough available disk space on the site database server so that the site database can grow.
  • We have a SQL administrator who watches all of this.
• Do SQL Server database maintenance on the site database according to your SQL Server maintenance plan.
  • We have a SQL administrator who watches all of this.
• Check available disk space on all site systems.
  • another sys admin is setting up a GUI for me
• Run disk defragmentation tools on all site systems.
  • N/A

Periodic Tasks​

Some tasks that don't require daily or weekly maintenance are important to ensure overall site health. These tasks also ensure that security and disaster recovery plans are up-to-date. The following are maintenance tasks that you might consider for a more periodic schedule than the daily or weekly tasks:

• Change accounts and passwords, if it's necessary, according to your security plan.
  • n/a
• Review the maintenance plan to check that scheduled maintenance tasks are scheduled correctly and effectively depending on configured site settings.
  • is this referring to our own maintenance plan? or is this something built into SCCM?
• Review the Configuration Manager hierarchy design for any required changes.
  • N/A - single site
• Check network performance to ensure that changes haven't been made that affect site operations.
  • n/a
• Check that Active Directory settings that affect site operations haven't changed. For example, check that subnets that are assigned to Active Directory sites and that are used as boundaries for Configuration Manager site haven't changed.
  • Is there an easy way to do this in SCCM? or would this be a check into our networking team?
• Review your disaster recovery plan for any required change
• Do a site recovery according to the disaster recovery plan in a test lab by using a backup copy of the most recent backup that the Backup Site Server maintenance task created.
  • will need to take a deep dive into what this process looks like
• Check hardware for any errors or for available hardware updates.
  • is this referring to hardware that SCCM is running on? or client health?
• Check the overall health of the site.

Super sorry for this long post from an obvious new guy, but want to be able to run this with more confidence while i give myself time to learn the ins and outs.

 

[Garth]

There is no wrong answer, I would start with those task and add and remove as you see fit.

 

[Nscott]

Thanks for the response! i may have phrased it incorrectly and apologize. Some of those i'm very unsure on what specifically to do or where the information is.
i put replies under each, but i should be more pointed i think, again, apologies!

• Check the Configuration Manager database status.
  • unsure where to check this
• Check Configuration Manager site system inboxes for file backlogs.
  • where are these inboxes?

• Check site systems status.
  • unsure where this is?
• Check the operating system event logs from the site systems.
  • Is there a normal cadence of things to look for?
• Check system performance.
  • guessing they are referring to just general CPU/ Memory/ HDD usage?
• Delete unnecessary files from site systems.
  • What is considered "Unnecessary" and where would one look for these?
• Back up application, security, and system event logs and clear them.
  • Is this an automated task?
• Review the maintenance plan to check that scheduled maintenance tasks are scheduled correctly and effectively depending on configured site settings.
  • is this referring to our own maintenance plan? or is this something built into SCCM?
• Check that Active Directory settings that affect site operations haven't changed. For example, check that subnets that are assigned to Active Directory sites and that are used as boundaries for Configuration Manager site haven't changed.
  • Is there an easy way to do this in SCCM? or would this be a check into our networking team?

 

[Garth]

Thanks for the response! i may have phrased it incorrectly and apologize. Some of those i'm very unsure on what specifically to do or where the information is.
i put replies under each, but i should be more pointed i think, again, apologies!

• Check the Configuration Manager database status.
  • unsure where to check this
• Check Configuration Manager site system inboxes for file backlogs.
  • where are these inboxes?
• Check site systems status.
  • unsure where this is?
• Check the operating system event logs from the site systems.
  • Is there a normal cadence of things to look for?
• Check system performance.
  • guessing they are referring to just general CPU/ Memory/ HDD usage?
• Delete unnecessary files from site systems.
  • What is considered "Unnecessary" and where would one look for these?
• Back up application, security, and system event logs and clear them.
  • Is this an automated task?
• Review the maintenance plan to check that scheduled maintenance tasks are scheduled correctly and effectively depending on configured site settings.
  • is this referring to our own maintenance plan? or is this something built into SCCM?
• Check that Active Directory settings that affect site operations haven't changed. For example, check that subnets that are assigned to Active Directory sites and that are used as boundaries for Configuration Manager site haven't changed.
  • Is there an easy way to do this in SCCM? or would this be a check into our networking team?

A lot of thing things are not easy to "tell or show" you about via forums. As such I recommend that you take a course on ConfigMgr. If this is not possible then hire a senior ConfigMgr consultant to mentor you.