Network Storage

Trinity maintains several network storage drives where users may store and access data. Restoring files is possible since backing up of these drives happens nightly. 

 

      Users

    Availability

    Network Drives

 

    How to get help

    

 

Users

Trinity Students, Faculty, and Staff.

 

Availability

 

Trinity-owned windows faculty and staff computers: 

These will come with the network drives already mapped and available. Click the Start menu button and select Computer from the list to find the mapping to the network drives. 

 

Trinity-owned Apple faculty and staff computers: 

You will need to connect to these servers manually by clicking on Go in the Finder menu and selecting Connect to Server... from the dropdown.

 

Trinity students and employees using personal computers:  

You must connect to these servers manually while connected to the Trinity network (or using VDI to access the Trinity network from off-campus). You can find instructions for mapping a Windows computer to a server here and connecting to a server using macOS here.

 

Network Drives

 

S: ("Software Drive")

This drive contains software the university currently has licensed or shareware software.  

 

Authorized Users: Trinity faculty & staff

 

     Windows

            Select S: as the drive letter, then enter \\its-harris\software as the server address

 

     MacOS

            Server address: smb://its-harris. After clicking Connect, you must log in using your Trinity network credentials.


 

V: ("Department Drive")

Each department has a folder on the V: drive, listed by its abbreviated department name. Access to information stored on the V: drive is limited to department members, except for the "Common" folder. If you wish to provide access to your department's "Common" folder with staff in another department, please send a request to ITS.

 

Authorized Users: Trinity faculty & staff

 

     Windows

            Select V: as the drive letter, and enter \\its-harris as the server address. Select Browse and click on its-harris to reveal a drop-down menu where you can select your department's 

            folder. Once the folder is selected, click OK, then Finish to map the drive.  

 

     MacOS

            Server address: smb://its-harris. After clicking Connect, you must log in using your Trinity network credentials. Once you have logged in, you can select your department's folder.


 

N: ("Class Drive")

Faculty, academic staff, and students access the N: class drive on the Trinity network. Faculty who wish to share class information with students using the N: drive can request a folder with 100mb of storage space on the N: drive from ITS. Students have permission to view files but cannot modify or delete them on this drive.

 

Authorized Users: Trinity faculty & students (by request)

 

     Windows

            Select N: as the drive letter, then enter \\tucc-tiger\class\ProfessorsTUNetworkUsername as the server address.

 

            When prompted for login credentials, select More choices and enter TRINITY\YourTUusername as the username followed by your network password. 

 

     MacOS

            Server address smb://tucc-tiger. After clicking Connect, you must log in using your Trinity network credentials. Select the class folder, then search for your professor's TU network

            username to access their class folder.

 

Y: ("Student Personal Drive")

The Y: drive is the personal "user" drive for students. Only ITS systems administrators and the account owner can access the private Y: drive. Each student has 1GB of available disk storage. Information saved on the Y: drive is backed up daily, but files stored on the Y: drive should be reviewed and cleaned out periodically.

 

Authorized Users: Trinity students

 

     Windows 

            Select Y: as the drive letter, and enter \\tucc-tiger\users\YourTUusername as the server address.

 

           When prompted for login credentials, select More choices and enter TRINITY\YourTUusername as the username followed by your network password.   

 

     MacOS

            Server address: smb://tucc-tiger/users/YourTUusername. After clicking Connect, you must log in using your Trinity network credentials.

 

U: ("Faculty & Staff Personal Drive")

The U: drive is the personal "user" drive for Trinity faculty and staff. Only ITS systems administrators and the account owner can access the private U: drive. Each faculty and staff member has 5GB of available disk storage; if more space is needed, request it via email. Information saved on the U: drive is backed up daily, but files stored on the U: drive need to be periodically reviewed,  and old files deleted or archived to CD and stored in a secure location. 

 

Authorized Users: Trinity faculty & staff

 

     Windows

             Select U: as the drive letter, and enter \\its-harris as the server address. Select Browse and click on its-harris to reveal a drop-down menu of folders on the server. Search home,

             home2, and home3 for your username and click OK, then Finish to map the folder.  

 

     MacOS

            Server address: smb://its-harris. After clicking Connect, you must log in using your Trinity network credentials. Search home, home2, and home3 for your username and click OK, then

            Finish to map the folder.

 

How to get help

If you have issues or questions regarding our network drives, please contact the ITS Service Desk at ITSupport@trinity.edu or x7409.

 

 

Details

Service ID: 17996
Created
Thu 2/23/17 4:48 PM
Modified
Tue 12/13/22 1:55 PM