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Central Administration > Operations

This page contains links to pages that help you manage your server or server farm, such as changing the server farm topology, specifying which services are running on each server, and changing settings that affect multiple servers or applications.

Topology and Services

Servers in farm

Services on server

Outgoing e-mail settings

Incoming e-mail settings

Approve/reject distribution groups

Security Configuration

Service accounts

Information Rights Management

Antivirus

Blocked file types

Update farm administrator’s group

Information management policy configuration

Manage settings for single sign-on

Logging and Reporting

Diagnostic logging

Usage analysis processing

Information management policy usage reports

Upgrade and Migration

Microsoft Content Management Server migration

Enable Enterprise Features

Enable features on existing sites

Convert license type

Global Configuration

Timer job status

Timer job definitions

Master site directory settings

Site directory links scan

Alternate access mappings

Manage farm features

Quiesce farm

Solution management

Backup and Restore

Perform a backup

Backup and restore history

Restore from backup

Backup and restore job status

Data Configuration

Default database server

Data retrieval service

Content Deployment

Content deployment paths and jobs

Content deployment settings

Check deployment of specific content

How to install Service Pack 3 for SharePoint 2007  Server?

1. Download and Install Service Pack 3 for Windows SharePoint Services 2007 (KB2526305), 64-Bit Edition
     http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=27828

If you have multiple front end SharePoint servers, you need run Service Pack 3 in all servers

2. Download SharePoint 2007 SP3 for 64bit and install in your SharePoint 2007 server
    http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27803

Once the update is installed, you will get SharePoint product and technologies configuration wizard. Run the configuration
Wizard to install SP3 udpates

You must run setup to install new binary files for every server in your server farm. If you have
multiple servers in your server farm, run setup and the configuration wizard on the other servers now,
and then return to this server and click OK to continue.

4. Restart your server

Where to download SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) for 64bit operating system?
You can download SharePoint 2007 SP3 for 64bit from : http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27803

Reference to all STSADM operations to manage SharePoint 2007 farm.

1. stsadm -o activatefeature {-filename <relative path to Feature.xml> | -name <feature folder> | -id <feature Id>} [-url <url>] [-force]
2. stsadm -o activateformtemplate -url <URL to the site collection> [-formid <form template ID>] [-filename <path to form template file>]
3. stsadm -o addalternatedomain -url <protocol://existing.WebApplication.URLdomain> -incomingurl <protocol://incoming.url.domain> -urlzone <default, extranet, internet, intranet, custom> -resourcename <non-web application resource name>
4. stsadm -o addcontentdb -url <url> -databasename <database name> [-databaseserver <database server name>] [-databaseuser <database username>] [-databasepassword <database password>] [-sitewarning <site warning count>] [-sitemax <site max count>]
5. stsadm -o adddataconnectionfile -filename <path to file to add> [-webaccessible <bool>] [-overwrite <bool>] [-category <bool>]

See full list: http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2007/03/22/complete-reference-of-all-stsadm-commands-with-options-in-moss-2007.aspx

How to change MOSS My Site quotas or increase my site quota for existing my sites?

1. Log into Central Administration
2. Click Application Management | Under SharePoint Site Management select Site Collections Quotas and locks

3. From Dropdown box, change Site Collection

4. Search the user which you want to increase a quota

5. Select the user and from current quota template, select Individual Quota

Increase the my site storage amount and click OK