Summary

At the beginning of this chapter, you learnt how to back up the OpsMgr databases, unsealed management packs and other important files. We then demonstrated how to perform a database recovery from backup due to an existing corrupt database.

We gave you an understanding of how Maintenance Mode works and walked through what you need to know for configuring maintenance schedules in both OpsMgr 2012 R2 and OpsMgr 2016.

You learnt how to configure data retention settings for the Operational database using the console and the Data Warehouse database using the Data Warehouse Retention Policy tool.

Towards the end of the chapter, we discussed some useful management packs, tools and reports that can be used to aid troubleshooting and we also walked you through resolving some common issues that you might encounter.