Monitor your system via the [Waiting For Caller (WFC)](../modding/wfc.md) screen and learn how to [monitoring logs](../troubleshooting/monitoring-logs.md).
User management is currently handled via the [oputil CLI](oputil.md).
## Backing Up Your System
It is *highly* recommended to perform **regular backups** of your system. Nothing is worse than spending a lot of time setting up a system only to have to go away unexpectedly!
In general, simply creating a copy/archive of your system is enough for the default configuration. If you have changed default paths to point outside of your main ENiGMA½ installation take special care to ensure these are preserved as well. Database files may be in a state of flux when simply copying files. See [Database Backups](#database-backups) below for details on consistent backups.
[SQLite's CLI backup command](https://sqlite.org/cli.html#special_commands_to_sqlite3_dot_commands_) can be used for creating database backup files. This can be performed as an additional step to a full backup to ensure the database is backed up in a consistent state (whereas simply copying the files does not make any guarantees).
As an example, consider the following Bash script that creates foo.sqlite3.backup files:
```bash
for dbfile in /path/to/enigma-bbs/db/*.sqlite3; do
There are many backup solutions available across all platforms. Configuration of such tools is outside the scope of this documentation. With that said, the author has had great success with [Borg](https://www.borgbackup.org/).
## General Maintenance Tasks
### Vacuuming Database Files
SQLite database files become less performant over time and waste space. It is recommended to periodically vacuum your databases. Before proceeding, you should make a backup!
