Creating An Automated Solution; Creating A Maintenance Plan - Novell ZENWORKS PATCH MANAGEMENT 6.4 SP2 User Manual

Creating an Automated Solution

A Maintenance Plan allows you to create an automated backup and schedule the backup to
occur as frequently as your organizational needs dictate. Maintenance Plans allow you to
define your back up options as well as which databases and transaction logs to include.
: If you have not already done so, you should change your Database Recovery Model to
NOTE
FULL before continuing. Refer to Changing the Database Recovery Model on page 351 for
additional details.

Creating a Maintenance Plan

The following procedure will walk you through the process of creating an automated Database
Maintenance Plan for your PLUS and PLUS_Staging databases.
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Prior to creating a Maintenance Plan you must upgrade your database server to Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 Standard or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise, install SSIS (SQL
Server Integration Services), and set the SQL Server Agent startup type to Automatic.
1. Open the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (Start > Programs > Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 > SQL Server Management Studio).
2. Log into your database server.
3. Expand your server group, server, and database folder until you see the Maintenance
Plans folder.
4. Right-click on the Maintenance Plans folder.
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