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Network Resources: Changes made during the summer for faculty and staff

Over the summer CIT completed making changes to Calvin’s Novell file server system. Although many of the benefits to you are “behind the scenes” these changes:

  • Make sharing files between people from different departments easier
  • Make access to multiple department drives files easier because all departments and shared folders will be on the same file server.
  • Resolve the current conflict with USB or external drives.
  • Help CIT manage the network.

 

Drive mappings and file server names changed

Moving your home drive

 

Old

New

File server

Home drive

F:\

H:\

Acadia

Departmental drive
Other shared folders

G:\

R:\dept_name

Denali

Shared drive\Universal

M:\common

U:\

Glacier\common

Web drive

W:

W:\

Glacier\Web

Programs.pc

P:\

P:\

Glacier\apps

 

 

 

 

Student home

F:\

H:\

Bighorn

Student course shares

G:\ or X:\

S:\

Rushmore

Drive changes

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Quotas: We can't have it all

Novell Quotas (pdf file)

Windows Users - what changed?

  • Desktop shortcuts
    Desktop shortcuts might be broken. Delete the shortcut from the desktop. Locate the file in My Computer, right-click and drag to desktop. Select Create Shortcut.
  • Access Trusted Locations
    It will make make your Access databases lose their link to Trusted Locations.
  • Access
    Linked tables in Access databases.
  • Macros in Office products that have path-specific references.
  • Word
    Mail merge links to the data files.
  • Dreamweaver
    It will break the Mapped Sites you have set up in Dreamweaver. Open the documentation and look at Setting Up a Site.
  • Recent documents in Windows
    “Recent document” links will be broken until Windows re-learns where the documents are stored.
  • Default save locations in Word and Excel
    It may break your default save locations in Word and Excel products. Open Word/Excel, double-click the Office button then click on Save.
  • Any UNC paths will be affected by this.

Mac users - what changed?

  • We have pushed a new application to your Mac. Go > Applications > Novell Mounts Configurator. This will walk you through connecting to the new file servers.
  • If you choose not to use the application, you will need to type a different server name in the login window to connect to your network space.
    To connect to a file server enter the file server name
    Example: Enter acadia to connect to your Home drive. Enter denali to connect to your Department (s) common drive. Log in with your username and passphrase.
  • Desktop shortcuts will need to be reconfigured.

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Department file server names changed

See Department names

  • Instead of a g:\ (or legacy\dept\name) for your department common drive you'll see:
    • Windows: R:\[deptname]
    • Macs: \\denali\dept\[deptname]
      To connect to a file server Mac's will enter the file server name
      Example: acadia to connect to their Home drive.

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Connecting to Novell using the Novell client from off-campus using your Calvin Windows laptop

Netstorage will continue to work the way it always has. If you want to connect to Novell using the Novell client from your Calvin Windows laptop you'll need to make a VPN connection to Calvin before logging in to Novell. This is only available to faculty and staff using a Calvin laptop.

  1. From the Novell Client for Windows login screen, click on Workstation only then log in.
  2. Make your VPN connection.
  3. Once connected to Calvin via VPN right-click on the red N in the system tray and select Novell login.
  4. Log in to Novell.

FTP access to the Novell file servers has changed

We will be supporting:

1. Novell Client access (NCP)
2. CIFS / Samba access (SMB)
3. Netstorage access (including WebDAV connectivity - for things like the "NetDrive" product)

If you need FTP access please contact the HelpDesk.

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Timeline

October, 2008

Creation of R:\ and S:\ drives.

  • On a Windows computer, when you access My Computer you'll see "Dept on 'Denali\Dept' (R) and "Shared on 'Rushmore\' (S)"
  • On a Mac computer you'll see 2 new file server's: Denali and Rushmore.

You'll be able to see these but will not be able to save anything to these drives.

Tentatively during Christmas break
2008

 All students home drives will be moved to H:\.
All their files will be moved also. The only different will be that students will access H:\ or bighorn\username
Beginning November 2008

We will begin moving administrative department (G:) and home (F:\) drives. We will do this by department so we will coordinate with your department before making any changes.

We will not move academic departments until Summer 2009.