Administrative Maintenance

This section provides information about how you can resolve administration issues with a BizTalk Server system. These issues may be discovered by the routine maintenance checks that are performed in the Routine Maintenance Checklists section.

In addition to the topics in this section, other topics in this document address administration issues. These topics are listed in Related Sections below.

In This Section

• Best Practices for Administrative Maintenance

• How to Start the SQL Server Agent

• How to Schedule a Backup BizTalk Server Job

• How to Configure a Backup BizTalk Server Job

Related Sections

• For information about ensuring that the SQL Server Agent service is running on the SQL Server, and ensuring that all BizTalk related SQL Server jobs are working properly, see Monitoring SQL Server Agent Jobs.

• For information about removing a BizTalk application or artifact using the BTSTask command-line tool, see "RemoveApp Command" in BizTalk Server Help at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=154687.

• For information about removing an artifact from an application using either the BizTalk Server Administration console or the BTSTask command-line tool, see "How to Remove an Artifact from an Application" in BizTalk Server Help at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=154688.

• For information about verifying the configuration in the BizTalk Administration Console, see "Using the BizTalk Server Administration Console" in BizTalk Server Help at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=154689.

• For information about verifying the BTSNTSvc.exe.config file, see "BTSNTSvc.exe.config File" in BizTalk Server Help at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=154690.

• For information about verifying the BizTalk related registry keys, see "Windows registry information for advanced users" in the Microsoft Help and Support Web site at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155583.

• For information about running the BizTalk Best Practices Analyzer, see "BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer" in the Microsoft Download Center.

• For information about maintaining BAM databases, see "Managing BAM Databases" in BizTalk Server Help at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155584.

• For information about ensuring that the latest service packs and hotfixes are installed, see the Microsoft Update Web site at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=47813.