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Engram can be accessed remotely by using the CUIT Virtual Private Network (VPN) service. (More VPN setup details provided here (Limited access UNI login required))

How To Connect To Engram Windows Drive from Mac OS X

These instructions are for Mac OS X Sierra (10.12.3) but they should be similar for other versions. The view options in your Finder may be set differently than what is shown in the images below. 

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2) In the pop-up window, type in the URL of your network share. The URL consists of your UNI and your share name. In this example the network share tier is General Tier, UNI is called ztest01 (user your UNI) and the network share is called testshare (use your network share name).

Example: smb://alpha\ztest01:@labshare/adcu\ztest01@labshare-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu:/testshare

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To connect to other tiers, change the hostname:

Connect to Staging Tier (staging): smb://adcu\ztest01@staging-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu:/testshare

Connect to General Tier (labshare): smb://adcu\ztest01@labshare-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu:/testshare*Image Removed

Connect to Longer-term Tier (locker): smb://adcu\ztest01@locker-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu:/testshare


Click on the “+” button to add the share to the list of “Favorite Servers”. (Next time when you want to connect to the share, you can click on the share URL in the “Favorite Servers” area.)

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Click “Connect”.

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3) In the pop-up login window, provide  your username and password.

Enter your username as “alpha“adcu\<your_UNI>”, e.g., alphaadcu\ztest01. The field may already be pre-filled, in which case verify that the username is correct and that it starts with “alpha“adcu\”.

The password is your UNI password.

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You can repeat steps 1-4 to mount additional shares.

Disconnect from SMB share

Click on the “Eject” icon next to the share name.


Questions?

During the pilot phase, if If you have any questions, please send an email to Vladimir at vb2389@columbia Research Computing at rc@zi.columbia.edu.