Maintenance

Routine operations and upgrade procedures.

Regular Maintenance

Daily

• Review monitoring dashboards
• Check error logs
• Verify backup completion

Weekly

• Capacity review
• Performance analysis
• Security scan review

Monthly

• Update dependencies
• Review configurations
• User access audit

Upgrades

Platform Updates

For managed deployments:

• Automatic minor updates
• Scheduled major updates
• Zero-downtime deployment

Self-Hosted Updates

• Review release notes
• Test in staging
• Schedule maintenance window
• Execute upgrade runbook
• Verify functionality

Backup & Recovery

Automated Backups

• Configuration backups
• Data snapshots
• Symptom state checkpoints

Recovery Testing

Regular recovery drills:

• Restore from backup
• Verify data integrity
• Measure recovery time

Maintenance Windows

Scheduled Maintenance

• Advance notification
• Defined time windows
• Minimal impact

Emergency Maintenance

• As-needed for critical issues
• Expedited notification
• Post-mortem review

Documentation

Maintain operational documentation:

• Runbooks
• Configuration inventory
• Contact lists
• Escalation procedures