Current tasks of the department:
Main Systems and Databases Division
- Monitoring performance of main servers, operating systems, and the applications that is related to computer center.
- Sustain the operation of main servers and its accessories, databases, and applications.
- Protect main servers from any threats that may affect the security of the main sites in the university.
- Performing backup operation for data in the main servers, saving backup tapes, and restore data from tapes if necessary.
- Performing installation for operating systems and necessary software at main servers.
- Save and archive technical support documents and catalogs for main servers.
- Develop
and implement the necessary plans to ensure continuous services of the
university systems outside official working hours.
- Provide e-mail service and activate its use in official correspondences.
- Follow up maintenance contracts for main servers and different contents of the main site in the computer center.
- Provide technical support for main servers’ users.
- Drawing diagrams and preparing necessary plans for main servers in the site with continuous updates.
- Creating databases for all main systems in the university.
- Recording all modifications and deleting transactions at databases records.
- Creating account for database users and performing edit operations on it from add, modify, and delete.
- Give the necessary permissions for databases users.
- Follow
up and monitoring performance of databases to increase its performance
to support the largest number of users at the same time.
- Performing backup for databases and performing data restore if necessary.
- Installing necessary files for databases systems and preparing the work environment for databases.
- Control databases systems and observing it continue working properly. (Create and delete databases).
- Performing
continuous maintenance for databases to ensure high speed and
efficiency in the query, add, delete, and modify operations.
Network and Protection Division
- Monitoring status of computer network and its performance at university.
- Follow up projects related to computer network in university.
- Participating in technical committees by defining the technical specifications, studying the offers, and receiving devices.
- Providing suggestions and solutions to computer network related subjects.
- Follow up maintenance contracts for computer network.
- Provide technical support to users of the computer network.
- Continuous maintenance for the infrastructure of computer network.
- Archiving computer network components and monitoring any changers over it.
- Providing internet service for all users in university.
- Providing technical opinions in the status of terminal screens, dongle, and printers.