A maintenance policy template for small databases with intensive data input throughout the day.
Recovery model: Full
The policy includes three QMB Jobs:
1. CPU intensive tasks for mid-sized OLTP databases (once a week)
Schedule: once a week on Monday at 1:00 AM
Tasks:
- Transaction log backup 
- Switch to the bulk logged recovery model 
- Full rebuilding of database indexes 
- Switch to the full reсovery model 
- Transaction log backup 
- Update columns statistics 
- Database integrity check 
- Delete old backup files 
- Clear the backups history 
- Transaction log backup 
- Full backup 
- Restore backups to a temporary database with a subsequent integrity check. The task is disabled by default and can be used for verifying the latest backup. 
- System databases integrity сheck and backup
Email notifications: Every time after a QMB Job is completed
 
 
2. CPU intensive tasks for mid-sized OLTP databases (every night)
Schedule: every night at 1 AM except Monday
Tasks:
- Transaction log backup 
- Restore backups to a temporary database with a subsequent integrity check. The task is disabled by default. Can be used for verifying backups created during the day. 
- Differential backup 
- Database integrity check 
- Defragment and rebuild indexes 
- Update all statistics 
- System databases integrity сheck and backup
Email notification: In case of errors
 
3. Log backup and modified statistics updates (during the workday)
Schedule: every day from 8 AM till 23 PM, every 30 minutes
Tasks:
- Transaction log backup 
- Update modified statistics
Email notification: In case of errors
 
 The user can change any parameters of a maintenance policy, add new QMB Jobs and tasks.   
 
            
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