Once installed, DD servers should require very little maintenance. Nevertheless, there are a few things to bear in mind in order to keep them running smoothly:
- Keep the Dynamics licenses and DD license up-to-date.
If customers want to add new granules to their license, the license needs to be updated throughout the DD network. - Monitor the free disk space.
The DD stores the packages on the local disk for temporary storage while jobs are in processing. If this space runs out, the DD cannot continue to process new requests. - Check the status of the Data Folder (see path in Configuration Tool).
This is where the DD keeps all job data files, temporary files, and other files it uses for its operation. This folder can grow fast if something is not working as it should. - Clean up Archive Files.
All processed job files are archived under the Archive path, set in the Configuration Tool. Each data file is not big in itself, but this folder can grow in size with the number of files in there, so if a history of jobs is needed, this should be backed up. If not, these files can be deleted. There is setting for how long DD will store the Archive Files, after that time DD will delete the files automatically. If you are not interested in keeping any history of processed jobs other than the list that the DD keeps in memory, you can remove the Archive path from the Configuration Tool, and then the DD will delete the job files when done processing them. Monitor Collection can be set up to move this data to Database.