Tasks by Frequency of Performance
This topic organizes the day-to-day operations and monitoring tasks by frequency of performance.
Constantly
The following table lists tasks that either require constant monitoring or should be performed more than once every five minutes:
Constantly
| Task | Notes |
|---|---|
| Check ping | |
| Check SSH | |
| Monitor CPU utilization | Alert on high CPU utilization. |
| Monitor for errors using Health Monitor and Log Monitor | |
| Monitor for memory swapping | |
| Monitor for mirror differences | Each time you make manual changes on a mirror member, you should decide if you need to make the same changes on the other mirror members. |
| Monitor for network packet dGOPS or retransmissions | Alert when excessive rates of network packet dGOPS or retransmissions occur. |
| Monitor InterSystems IRIS queues | Alert when memory swapping occurs. |
| Monitor memory utilization | Alert on high memory utilization. |
| Review Web Gateway error log | Alert on errors. |
| Review web server error logs | Alert on errors. |
Hourly
The following table lists tasks that should be performed hourly:
Hourly
| Task | Notes |
|---|---|
| Monitor any externally mounted file systems | |
| Monitor disk fill rate | Alert on sudden increase in disk fill rate. |
| Monitor DNS infrastructure | |
| Monitor endpoints | |
| Monitor InterSystems IRIS productions | |
| Monitor journal space | Running out of space might cause an instance to become unavailable. |
| Monitor license usage | |
| Monitor system clock time | |
| Monitor total processes | Alert on sudden increase in total processes. |
| Monitor web servers | |
| Monitor web services |
Daily
The following table lists tasks that should be performed daily:
Daily
Monthly
The following table lists tasks that should be performed monthly:
Monthly
| Task | Notes |
|---|---|
| Determine if auditing namespace needs more audit databases | |
| Run DataCheck for mirrored systems |
Biannually
The following table lists tasks that should be performed biannually:
Biannually
| Task | Notes |
|---|---|
| Evaluate global buffer size | |
| Evaluate routine buffer size |
Annually
The following table lists tasks that should be performed annually:
Annually
| Task | Notes |
|---|---|
| Evaluate lock table size | |
| Evaluate maximum memory per process size | |
| Evaluate size of shared memory heap |
Variable
The following table lists tasks that should be performed as needed. Review them to determine appropriate timing based on your systems and the needs of your organization.
Variable
| Task | Notes |
|---|---|
| Run database backups | |
| Run integrity check | |
| Verify integrity of database backups | |
| Run the Tune Table utility on the ATNA audit database tables | If you make a change to your system’s data ingestion, for example adding IHE documents or DICOM data, run tune table after one month of collecting the new data. |
