This section is meant to help you get started after you have completed the Management Center
installation.
To familiarize yourself with the Management Client, see Overview to the Management Client
(page 36).
The basic administration tasks you must complete after installation include the following:
• Scheduling automatic backup tasks to keep safe the essential configuration information
stored on the Management Server as instructed in Backing Up and Restoring System
Configurations (page 1091).
• Setting up automated tasks to manage the gathered log data and prevent the Log Server
storage space from filling up with logs as instructed in Managing Log Data (page 1099).
Additionally, we highly recommend that you set up the following features:
• Defining additional administrator accounts and delegating administrative tasks as instructed
in Administrator Accounts (page 261).
• Reviewing settings for automatic updates and making sure the feature works to ensure that
your system stays current. See Getting Started with Automatic Updates and Engine Upgrades
(page 256).
• Defining custom alerts and alert escalation policies as instructed in Alert Escalation
(page 281).
To efficiently manage the system, you must also familiarize yourself with the following basic
tasks:
• Monitoring the system operation as instructed in Monitoring the System (page 99) and
Browsing Logged Data (page 157).
If you have installed the optional Authentication Server, you must complete the configuration to
be able to use the Authentication Server’s authentication services. See Integrating
Authentication Server Services (page 945)