News and Announcements

May 14 - SoE Home Folder Migrations

Posted: 2010-05-10 15:01:42   Expiration: 2010-05-15 16:54:03

Disclaimer: This news item was originally posted on 2010-05-10 15:01:42. Its content may no longer be timely or accurate.

Beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 14, MERIT will migrate SoE network home folders (P: drive) to a new server called Maple. There will be no access to home or department folders during the migration. Access will be restored by Monday morning, 7 a.m. Dean Winger will post a status update back to this list at the conclusion of the migration.

After the migration, you will see the following:

  1. No change - If you login to a Windows workstation, your P: drive will automatically connect to the new location.
  2. Some change - If you connect to your home folder from a Macintosh, you will need to connect to smb://maple/username rather than smb://soe-b8/username.
  3. Some change - If you connect to your home folder from a remote or wireless network, you will need to replace "soe-b8" with "maple" in the path name.
  • For Windows, use path \\maple.ad.education.wisc.edu\username
  • For Macintosh, use path smb://maple.ad.education.wisc.edu/username
In coordination with the migration, I will share links to updated knowledgebase pages with detailed connection information Your local technology consultants, and the MERIT Help Desk, 5-4773, will also be available to assist with questions. If you have questions or concerns with the upcoming migration, please feel free to contact Brenda Spychalla, blspycha@wisc.edu, 5-2834.

-- Brenda Spychalla