Establish a monitoring schedule
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Data Protection Manager, System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager
After you begin protecting your data we recommend that you establish a monitoring schedule so that you are aware of trends issues, and can respond quickly when required. The following table lists suggestions for a monitoring schedule.
Suggested Monitoring Schedule
| At this interval | Check these sources | And look for this information |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | - Critical and warning alerts - Email notifications (if they are configured) - Status report |
Replica issues, synchronization and recovery point creation issues, agent issues, jobs waiting for tape, backup failures |
| Monthly | Reports: - Status - Tape Management - Disk Utilization |
Trends and patterns that might indicate problems or potential issues |
| On Demand | Recovery job status | Recovery job failures |