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title: Maintenance
description: Perform maintenance tasks in PingAM including backing up, restoring, tuning instances, and capturing troubleshooting information
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# Maintenance

This guide covers how to perform maintenance tasks in PingAM such as backing up and restoring.

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#### [Back up and restore configurations](backup-restore.html)

How to back up and restore AM.

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#### [Tune instances](tuning-am.html)

Best practices about tuning your AM environment.

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#### [Capture troubleshooting](record-troubleshooting.html)

Save output useful for troubleshooting.