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GETTING HELP: SERVICE DEFINITONS AND EXPECTED RESPONSE TIMES

System

Support Levels: Examples

Response Times*

Electronic Mail:
GUMAIL, GUCalendar

Level 1: Unable to access email entirely

2 hours

Level 2: Any errors affecting the user's mailbox 

4 hours

Level 3: Any address book changes, configuration modifications

3 days

Desktop Support (Personal Computers and Macintosh computers in your workspace)

Level 1: Installing new applications/printers, problems with individual applications

5 days

Level 2: Application critical to the job is not functioning

1 day

Level 3: Personal Computer or Macintosh not starting or responding. 

4 hours

Workstation move

Contact telecom to determine the VSO and DSO activation.

Determine by VSO and DSO
(Activation of data or voice jacks in new location)

Installation of New Personal Computers and Macintosh computers in your workspace

Installation and configuration of new workstation.

3 days

 

UIS Supported Public Lab Support 

Level 1: CD ROM/floppy drive problems

2 days

Level 2: Individual computer, printer, or card reader not functioning

1 day

Level 3: More than 33% of the lab is not functioning

2 hours

Student Residential Networking (RESNET)

Level 1: New installation assistance, application support 

2 days

Level 2: Intermittent compatibility problems with the computer and network.

1 day

Level 3: No connectivity to the network.

4 hours

Phone trouble
(for all models) 

Level 1: Basic phone problems, static, display

1 day

Level 2: Can’t access voicemail

1 day

Level 3: No dial tone

4 hours

Cable TV

Level 1: Channels out and reception issues

1 day

Level 2: Problems within patient rooms in Medical Center

1 day

Level 3: Lost connectivity to cable 

4 hours

Account Creations  

Novell, NETID, GUSUN, RESEARCH, Faculty Access +, and PeopleSoft
Mainframe (SIS, TMS),

1 day

(Accounts will be created within two business days of being entered into Genesys)

 

Password Resets

Novell, NETID, GUSUN, RESEARCH, Faculty Access +, and PeopleSoft
Mainframe (SIS, TMS)

2 - 4 hours

Research, Curriculum, & Development Group (Faculty Support and Internet Development)

Support for the integration of technology into teaching and research, including help with the development of innovative projects; development and use of Internet resources; training in technologies and methodologies; enhancement of infrastructure; liaison for faculty with other units of UIS.

1-2 days

 

Applications:

MS Office Suite 

Corel Suite

PageMaker, GUMail,GUCalendar Netscape Navigator, and Communicator, Telnet, FTP, TN3270,

Norton Anti-Virus, PeopleSoft Admissions and Financials, Faculty Access+, Student Access+, Windows 2000,XP, MAC O/S 10, Basic Unix

Level 1: Implementing tools within an application

(macros)

Level 2: Projects with a less rigid deadline.

Level 3: Function needed to complete a task for University business or academic deadline.

 

1-3 days

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