Administrator's Guide

Managing Windows servers 85
This chapter will assist you in understanding how to configure and maintain your Unified WIM and Unified EIM
servers.
Best practices for configuring Windows servers
Allocating adequate virtual memory
 Virtual memory setting should be set to 1.5 times the physical memory. It is also recommended to distribute
the virtual memory across disk volumes to avoid space crunch on system volume during run time.
Setting up disk space
 All the system volumes should have more than 10% of their actual space free for application and other
operating system (OS) related activities at any given time.
Configuring anti-virus protection
 As email attachments are prone to virus attacks, set up scanning of email attachments on your mail exchange
server.
Routine maintenance tasks
Monitoring disk space
 Monitor and free space on disk volumes from time to time by deleting the unnecessary files. Installation
programs, application logs, user profiles, Dr. Watson logs, temp files are known to occupy the space
unnecessarily. However, if it is not possible to free disk space further because of the size of the data, the
administrator should plan archiving of old data or migration of the system to a larger capacity server.
Applying Microsoft security patches and service packs
Microsoft releases security patches and service packs to plug vulnerabilities in the operating system and various
programs.
 Apply these patches after confirming their impact on the application.