Tasks by Role Contents OS Administrator SAN Administrator Network Administrator IRIS Administrator Interface Administrator Database Administrator See Also This topic organizes the day-to-day operations and monitoring tasks by the role of the administrator who is performing them. Note that these roles are examples and may not exactly match roles in your organization. OS Administrator An operating system (OS) administrator should perform the following tasks: Monitor email Monitor web servers Review web server error logs SAN Administrator A storage area network (SAN) administrator should perform the following tasks: Monitor CPU utilization Monitor disk fill rate Monitor disk space Monitor for file system errors Monitor for memory swapping Monitor memory utilization Network Administrator A network administrator should perform the following tasks: Check ping Check SSH Monitor DNS infrastructure Monitor endpoints Monitor externally mounted file systems Monitor for network packet dGOPS or retransmissions Monitor system clock time Monitor total processes Monitor uptime IRIS Administrator An InterSystems IRIS administrator should perform the following tasks: Check messages.log Check system file permissions Create System Performance report Determine if auditing namespace needs more audit databases Ensure tasks are running correctly Evaluate global buffer size Evaluate lock table size Evaluate maximum memory per process size Evaluate routine buffer size Evaluate size of shared memory heap Monitor certificate expiration dates Monitor for errors using Health Monitor and Log Monitor Monitor for mirror differences Monitor InterSystems IRIS license status Monitor journal purging Monitor license usage Monitor mirror health Monitor web services Review Web Gateway error log Run the Tune Table utility on the ATNA audit database tables Interface Administrator An interface administrator should perform the following tasks: Check Production Event Log Monitor InterSystems IRIS productions Monitor InterSystems IRIS queues Database Administrator A database administrator should perform the following tasks: Monitor journal space Monitor size of IRIS.DAT Run database backups Run DataCheck for mirrored systems Run integrity checks Verify integrity of database backups See Also Defining a Monitoring and Operations Plan Monitoring and Operations Task Reference