---
title: Administer InfluxDB 3 Enterprise
description: Perform administrative tasks in InfluxDB 3 Enterprise such as creating and managing databases and tokens.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/
estimated_tokens: 1416
product: InfluxDB 3 Enterprise
version: enterprise
---

# Administer InfluxDB 3 Enterprise

The following articles provide information about managing your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise resources:

### [Identify InfluxDB 3 Enterprise version](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/identify-version/)

Learn how to identify your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise version using command-line tools, HTTP endpoints, and other methods.

### [Configure specialized cluster nodes](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/clustering/)

Learn how to configure specialized nodes in your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise cluster for ingest, query, compaction, and processing workloads with optimal thread allocation.

### [Manage your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise license](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/license/)

InfluxDB 3 Enterprise licenses authorize the use of the InfluxDB 3 Enterprise software. Learn how licenses work, how to activate and renew licenses, and more.

### [Manage tables](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/tables/)

Tables in InfluxDB 3 Enterprise are synonymous with measurements and contain time series data. Each table has a defined schema with tag and field columns.

### [Run the Processing Engine in a cluster](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/processing-engine-cluster/)

Configure, start, and troubleshoot Processing Engine plugins in a multi-node InfluxDB 3 Enterprise cluster — including how triggers fan out across nodes, how to pin triggers, and how to recognize common misconfiguration errors.

### [Manage databases](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/databases/)

An InfluxDB 3 Enterprise database is a named location where time series data is stored. Each database can contain multiple tables.

### [Manage tokens](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/tokens/)

Manage tokens to authenticate and authorize access to server actions, resources, and data in an InfluxDB 3 Enterprise instance.

### [Manage the Last Value Cache](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/last-value-cache/)

The InfluxDB 3 Enterprise Last Value Cache (LVC) lets you cache the most recent values for specific fields in a table, improving the performance of queries that return the most recent value of a field for specific time series or the last N values of a field.

### [Manage the Distinct Value Cache](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/distinct-value-cache/)

The InfluxDB 3 Enterprise Distinct Value Cache (DVC) lets you cache distinct values of one or more columns in a table, improving the performance of queries that return distinct tag and field values.

### [Manage file indexes](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/file-index/)

Customize the indexing strategy of a database or table in InfluxDB 3 Enterprise to optimize the performance of single-series queries.

### [Configure object storage](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/object-storage/)

Configure InfluxDB 3 Enterprise to connect to and use different object storage providers.

### [Query system data](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/query-system-data/)

Query system tables to see data related to the server, queries, and tables in an InfluxDB 3 Enterprise instance. Use the HTTP SQL query API to retrieve information about your database server and table schemas.

### [Back up and restore data](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/backup-restore/)

Back up and restore your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise cluster by copying object storage files in the recommended order for each node type.

### [Performance tuning](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/performance-tuning/)

Optimize InfluxDB 3 Enterprise performance by tuning thread allocation, memory settings, and other configuration options for your specific workload.

### [Security](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/security/)

Tune InfluxDB 3 Enterprise security for local requirements.

### [Upgrade from InfluxDB 3 Core](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/upgrade-from-core/)

Upgrade from InfluxDB 3 Core to InfluxDB 3 Enterprise. Your existing data and plugins are compatible–no data migration is required.

### [Upgrade InfluxDB 3 Enterprise](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/upgrade/)

Learn how to upgrade your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise cluster across multiple versions, including rolling upgrades, catalog version constraints, and recommended upgrade order for different node modes.

### [Use the InfluxDB 3 MCP server](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/mcp-server/)

Use the **InfluxDB Model Context Protocol (MCP) server** to interact with and manage InfluxDB 3 Enterprise using natural language with LLM agents to query and analyze data, manage databases and more. Query InfluxDB 3 Enterprise documentation from your IDE using the InfluxDB documentation Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.