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ELEMENT NAME DESCRIPTION

Major Service
Desk Category

Data Centre and Servers

Service Name

Data Restores and Backups

Service Description
(including technical
requirements/Specifications)

  • Provision of restore of data from corporate databases, staff mailboxes, HOME folders and Departmental FileShares
  •  Data snapshots (only 4 per year) are kept for a period of two years currently
  •  Specific backup requests can be accommodated via a servicedesk call. 

Details required are:  Server, frequency, schedule limitations, Disaster Recovery considerations

Service Owner

ICT Infrastructure

Business Process
(from a user perspective)

Information to be provided to the servicedesk must include the following details:
-  Date of last known existence of file or folder
-  Path of file or folder to be restored incl. server name where appropriate
-  Destination path required
-  Indication of whether the file is to have a different name or to be overwritten

Supporting Materials

 

How to obtain help

The Service Desk will provide support to those unable to avail of it through the Service Catalogue Entry and self-help resources.

Email : servicedesk@ulster.ac.uk Telephone: 028 90 366777 (external) or 66777 (internal). 

 

Cost (where applicable)

 

Service Metrics (KPI/SLA statement)

Normally within 24 hours of Service Desk call logged.

Who can avail of the service?

All University employees and associates.

Keywords

Backup

Databases

Mailboxes

HOME Folders

FileShares

Restore