---
title: Maintenance
description: "Overview of recurring PingDS administrative operations: tools, server process management, backup and restore, moving servers, and troubleshooting."
component: pingds
version: 7.5
page_id: pingds:maintenance-guide:preface
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/maintenance-guide/preface.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: 2024-05-13T16:21:23Z
keywords: ["LDAP", "Setup & Configuration"]
page_aliases: ["index.adoc"]
superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/maintenance-guide/preface.html
---

# Maintenance

This guide covers recurring administrative operations.

[icon: wrench, set=fas, size=3x]

#### [Tools](admin-tools.html)

Run DS command-line tools.

[icon: server, set=fas, size=3x]

#### [Server process](server-process.html)

Start, stop, restart DS.

[icon: hdd, set=fas, size=3x]

#### [Backup/restore](backup-restore.html)

Backup and restore data.

[icon: suitcase, set=fas, size=3x]

#### [Move a server](mv-servers.html)

Move a server to a new host.

[icon: tachometer-alt, set=fas, size=3x]

#### [Tuning](tuning.html)

Tune server performance.

[icon: ambulance, set=fas, size=3x]

#### [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.html)

Solve common problems.