Availability Management
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  • Goal
    • To optimise the capability of the IT infrastructure and supporting organisation to deliver a cost effective and sustained level of availability that enables the business to satisfy its objectives
  • Why Availability Management ?
    • Influenced by:
      • Business demand
      • The cost required to meet it
      • The configuration and complexity of the IT infrastructure including the level of redundancy, the reliability of the infrastructure and its components, and the levels of infrastructure maintenance
      • The procedures used by IT services
      • Human factors and external events
  • Responsibilities
    • Optimise availability by monitoring and reporting on all key elements of availability
    • Determining availability requirements in business terms
    • Predicting and designing for expected level of availability and security
    • Producing the availability plan
    • Colleting, analysing and maintaining availability data and reporting on that data
    • Ensuring service levels are met by monitoring services availability levels against SLAs and monitoring OLA targets and external supplier serviceability achievements
    • Continuously reviewing and improving availability
  • Key considerations
    • Availability
    • Reliability
    • Maintainability
    • Serviceability
    • Security
 

 

 
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