Prerequisites
To help ICTS service your request effectively, please ensure that you comply with the prerequisites listed below.
To meet general requirements:
- Fulfil the fundamental customer responsibilities.
- Use a computer with a working internet connection.
- Ensure that a correctly-configured Novell client or web browser is installed on your computer.
- Manage your G: drive to ensure that you do not exceed space limitations and risk corrupting or losing your data.
For purchasing additional space:
- Provide the fund number, cost centre and user ID.
- Provide authorisation from the fund holder.
For recovery of data stored on central servers:
- Provide the fund number, cost centre, user ID, date from which a restore is required, and file and folder names.
- Provide authorisation from the fund holder.
Availability
Excluding official monthly maintenance windows, measured on a 24 x 7 basis, access to files on central storage is available as follows:
When using… | Availability |
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Client-based access | 98% |
Web browser access to NetStorage while directly connected to the UCT network | 97% |
Web browser access to NetStorage from off campus | 95% |
NOTE:
Read the Core SLA FAQ for a detailed definition of Availability.
Service request | Service level target (working days) |
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Allocating additional storage space | Completed within 3 days |
Recovering data from central servers | Completed within 3 days |
Fixing a fault | Response within 1 day |