The Cockrell School of Engineering is migrating to Austin Disk Services. Folders are located at \\disk.austin.utexas.edu\root\engr. See the listing below for specific folder locations:
Dean's Office:
\\disk.austin.utexas.edu\root\engr\DOE
CTR Research Center:
\\disk.austin.utexas.edu\root\engr\Research\CTR
Note: In the instructions below, yourPath, is the path after engr.
Files and folders in are protected by permissions that do not allow others to view the information.
Disk Quotas
The default quotas for faculty and staff personal folders are 10 GB and 5 GB respectively. If you reach your quota, you will get an error message indicating that you do not have permissions to write or "disk is read only". You will need to remove files to get back within your quota.
To check the size of your personal folder, highlight all files and folders in the Windows Explorer (Ctrl-A) and then simultaneously press Alt-Enter. You will see the total amount of space used in your folder. If it's at or greater than your quota, then the system won't let you save anything until you remove some data.
Accessing Your File Space
Your home directory is available remotely by path, mapping the drive, SFTP (Secure FTP) and Webdav.
Windows
Austin Domain Computers
- Select Start > Run
- Enter the UNC path of your folder, \\disk.austin.utexas.edu\root\engr\yourPath.
Quick Access
- If you are ON-CAMPUS on a machine NOT in the Austin domain you will first have to install the IPSEC certificate from bevoware, please see the following instructions for more information.
- If you are OFF-CAMPUS, connect with VPN (Learn more about VPN.)
- Select Start > Run
- Enter the UNC path of your folder, \\disk.austin.utexas.edu\root\engr\yourPath
- A window will popup asking for your username and password. Use your UT-EID and password. Prepend your EID with "austin.utexas.edu\". For example, austin.utexas.edu\xyz123
- Note: You can also create this as a shortcut on your desktop (right-click on the desktop, New->Shortcut).
Mapping a drive
- If you are ON-CAMPUS on a machine NOT in the Austin domain you will first have to install the IPSEC certificate from bevoware, please see the following instructions for more information.
- If you are OFF-CAMPUS, connect with VPN (Learn more about VPN.)
- Right-click on "My Computer".
- Select "Map Network Drive." Left-click on it.
- In the box labeled "Path:" type \\disk.austin.utexas.edu\root\engr\yourPath
- You will be asked for a username and password. In the username box type austin.utexas.edu\yourEID and in the password box type your EID password.
Using Secure FTP (SFTP)
- Download SSH 3.2.3 at no cost from BevoWare.
- Select Start, then All Programs. Select SSH Secure Shell, then Secure File Transfer Client.
- Select Quick Connect.
- In the Host name field, enter sftp.austin.utexas.edu.
- In the User name field, enter your UT EID.
- In the Port number field, enter 22.
- In the Authentication Method field, select password.
- Select Connect.
- If you are prompted to save a new host key to local database, answer Yes.
- Enter your UT EID password at the prompt.
- Once you have connected browse to "DepartmentalDirectories/engr/yourPath" (Do NOT go to the top-level folder named with your EID).
For more information, please see the campus SFTP page.
Webdav
- Open Internet Explorer
- From the File menu, select Open. If you are using Internet Explorer 7, press ALT to display the menu bar. You can display the menus permanently by clicking the Tools button and selecting Menu Bar.
- In the Open field, enter the following URL,
with your UT EID at the end of the line:
https://webdav.austin.utexas.edu/engr/yourPath - Select the checkbox labeled Open as Web Folder, then click OK.
- When prompted for your user name and password, enter your UT EID and password.
- Click OK.
The disk share containing your files opens in "folder view" inside Internet Explorer. You can work with files in this view just as you would with a mapped drive. (For example, you can drag-and-drop files from one location to another.) The window will look similar to the one below, but your EID will appear in the locations shown and your own list of files will be displayed. - When you have finished working with your files, you must exit from your browser, closing all browser windows. That terminates the connection in a way that prevents other people from getting access to your files.
Mac
Webdav
- Go > Connect to Server
- Enter: https://webdav.austin.utexas.edu/engr/yourPath
For example, https://webdav.austin.utexas.edu/engr/Research/CTR
Using Secure FTP (SFTP)
- Please consult the campus web pages on how to connect via Secure FTP by using the Fetch program.
- Once connected to get to your storage, navigate to: DepartmentalDirectories/engr/yourPath
> For more information please consult the campus web pages for Austin Disk.
Backup & Restore
The Austin Disk File Server is backed up in case of catastrophic failure. In the event of accidental or unexpected data loss you can restore a file or folder that has been deleted or a previous version of a file that has become corrupt. Please see File Restore for details.