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# Operations

Day 2 Operations covers the ongoing operational tasks that keep NVIDIA Run:ai healthy and your clusters running smoothly.

## Cluster Management

* **[Clusters](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/clusters)** - View and manage your clusters, including status, from the NVIDIA Run:ai UI.
* **[Scaling](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/nvidia-run-ai-at-scale)** - Best practices for tuning NVIDIA Run:ai system services as clusters grow in nodes or workload demand, including vertical and horizontal scaling.
* **[High Availability](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/high-availability)** - Reduce downtime and eliminate single points of failure using dedicated system nodes and replicated core and third-party services.
* **[Vertical Pod Autoscaling (VPA)](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/vpa)** - Automatically right-sizes CPU and memory requests for cluster-level services based on observed usage, reducing the need for manual tuning.

## Maintenance

* **[Node Maintenance](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/maintenance/node-maintenance)** - Manage planned and unplanned node downtime while maintaining service continuity for running workloads.
* **[Backup and Restore](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/maintenance/backup-and-restore)** - Back up and restore an NVIDIA Run:ai deployment, covering both the cluster and control plane.

## Observability

* **[System Monitoring](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/observability/system-monitoring)** - Configure health alerts for NVIDIA Run:ai clusters and connect them to your organization's alert-management systems.
* **[Logs Collection](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/observability/logs-collection)** - Collect NVIDIA Run:ai logs for support, including enabling verbose logging for Prometheus and the Scheduler.
* **[Event History](/run-ai/self-hosted/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/observability/event-history)** - Audit log API and UI event history tracking changes to business objects like clusters, projects, and assets.

## Docs

- [Clusters](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/clusters.md)
- [NVIDIA Run:ai at Scale](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/nvidia-run-ai-at-scale.md)
- [High Availability](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/high-availability.md)
- [Vertical Pod Autoscaling (VPA)](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/vpa.md)
- [Node Maintenance](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/maintenance/node-maintenance.md)
- [Backup and Restore](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/maintenance/backup-and-restore.md)
- [Observability](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/observability.md)
- [System Monitoring](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/observability/system-monitoring.md)
- [Logs Collection](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/observability/logs-collection.md)
- [Event History](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/documentation/installation-and-configuration/operate/observability/event-history.md)