Administrator To-Do List

Daily routine
Review physical hardware status

 Exhaust Fan Motor

 HVAC

 Network equipment indicator lights

 Server indicator lights

 UPS indicator lights

 Workstation lights

Review logs

 Anti-virus logs

 Applications logs

 Backup logs

 Firewall logs

 Monitoring logs

 Server event logs

 Spam filter logs

 Web logs

Review queues

 Email queues

Monitor information

 Monitoring software:

 SpiceWorks

 Ping

 Specific port availability

 Windows services

 Network status

 News feeds

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 RBL SPAM listings

 Security sites

 User groups

 Vendor sites

Nightly and/or early-morning routine

Automated

 Anti-virus updates

 Backups

 Rebooting

 Security patching

Manual

 Anti-virus updates (in case of an out-of-band update)

 Change backup tapes

 Cleanup users mailboxes

 Rebooting

 Repairing

 Security patching

 Software updates

 Spam quarantine

Monthly and/or ad-hoc routine

 Account and AD change management

 Clean backup server tape drive

 Create/update drivers disks

 Create/update emergency recovery disks

 Create/update network installation points

 Create/update scripts for task automation

 Create/update slipstream installations

 Databases check cleanup and update

 Directory shares add, delete, archive or migrate

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 Directory structure add, delete, archive or migrate

 Disaster recovery testing and change management

 Distribution groups add, delete, archive or migrate

 Documentation

 Drive defragmentation

 Intrusion Detection System check

 Firewall backup

 Firewall installation or update

 Free space check

 Laptop Updates

 Mailbox add, delete, archive or migrate

 Name resolution change management (DNS, WINS)

 Network folders archiving

 Off-site archiving and storage (Future)

 Public folders change management

 Security change, installation or update

 Security and penetration testing

 Server load testing

 Server sizing check

 Software installation or update

 Spam filter installation or update

 Testing various systems

 Troubleshooting various systems

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