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Appendix: Maintaining ePolicy Orchestrator
databases
Regardless of whether you use an MSDE or SQL database with ePolicy Orchestrator, your
databases require regular maintenance over time. This ensures optimal performance and that
the data in it is protected.
Depending on your deployment of ePolicy Orchestrator, plan on spending a few hours each
week on regular database backups and maintenance. Many of the tasks in this section should
be done on a regular basis, either weekly or daily. Some are only required at specific times,
such as when there is a problem.
You can use a combination of tools to maintain ePolicy Orchestrator databases. You must use
a slightly different set of tools depending on whether you are using a Microsoft Data Engine
(MSDE) or SQL Server database as the ePolicy Orchestrator database. Note that you can use
Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager to maintain both MSDE and SQL Server databases.
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Performing daily or weekly database maintenance
Backing up ePolicy Orchestrator databases regularly
Changing SQL Server information
Restoring ePolicy Orchestrator databases
Performing daily or weekly database maintenance
To keep your database from growing too large and to keep performance optimized, perform
regular database maintenance on it. McAfee recommends doing this daily, if possible, or weekly
at the very least. Performing this maintenance regularly can help keep the size of your database
down and thereby improve database performance.
The task varies whether you are running an MSDE or SQL database.
Tasks
Performing weekly maintenance of MSDE databases
Performing regular maintenance of SQL Server databases
Performing weekly maintenance of MSDE databases
Use the SQLMAINT.EXE utility to regularly perform clean-up and maintenance on your MSDE
database. By default, the SQLMAINT.EXE utility is installed in your MSDE installation folder on
your server.
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