Altiris - Best Practice references for Symantec Management Platform 7.1

Best Practice references for Symantec Management Platform 7.1:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO35984

Planning and Documentation
Symantec Management Platform 7.1 Release Notes	DOC3397
Symantec Management Platform Support Matrix	HOWTO9965
Altiris™ IT Management Suite 7.1 from Symantec™ Planning and Implementation Guide	DOC3464
Planning for Symantec Management Platform 7.x maintenance activities	HOWTO10336
Symantec Management Platform 7.1 SP1 User Guide	DOC3940
Symantec Management Platform 7.1 Database Schema	DOC3724
Release Notes Available for Symantec Management Platform 7	DOC1737
Finding the IT Management Suite 7.1 SP1 Documentation	DOC4240
Installation and Migration
Altiris Endpoint Management Migrations to 7.1 (Symantec Connect Portal to main articles)	Link
Installing the Symantec Management Platform on VMware	HOWTO9692
Quick Start to Installing with Symantec Installation Manager	HOWTO21666
Upgrading Notification Servers in a hierarchy	HOWTO21657
Migrating to Symantec Management Platform 7.1 and using your current server	HOWTO32427
Altiris™ IT Management Suite from Symantec™ Migration Guide version 6x to 7.1 SP1	DOC3988
Altiris™ IT Management Suite from Symantec™ Migration Guide version 7.0 to 7.1 SP1	DOC3989
FAQ around Migrating Site Servers and Agents to SMP 7.1	HOWTO44933
Backup and Recovery
Backing up the Notification Server database	HOWTO4561
Restoring Notification Server from a backup or upgrading it to new hardware	HOWTO9763
Performance Tuning
Creating a SQL maintenance plan to optimize database performance	HOWTO8589
Optimizing SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2003	HOWTO10723
How to create a Performance Monitor counter set for Altiris support	HOWTO6531
Common Performance Monitor counter thresholds	HOWTO9722
Slower than expected performance in .NET 2.0 - based applications on servers with more than 8 logical processors (cores)	TECH156327
Troubleshooting
What information should I collect when troubleshooting Symantec Installation Manager 7.x?	HOWTO9264