Data storage on network drives

Network drives are virtual hard drives that are offered via the network for individual users or user groups of IVV1. The storage space is located on the IVV1 servers and is automatically secured by regular backups. The advantage is that you can access an identical database from different computers (work computer / notebook / home workstation). The backup protects you against data loss, so that data that has been accidentally deleted for a while can usually be restored from the backups. Please note that backups are not long-term archiving. Data can only be restored in the short term.

We differentiate between user drives to which only one user has access (‘personal user drive’) and project drives that can be accessed by several users.

Storage space size
By default, network drives have a size of 1GB. The storage space can be increased if required. Here too, a call or e-mail to IVV1 is sufficient.

Application
Every employee in the IVV1 area has the option of requesting user or project drives. All you need to do is send an e-mail or call IVV1, stating your user ID. For project drives, please give us the name of the project, the name of the project manager, if you are not the project manager yourself, and the names of those who should have access. SHK and SHB cannot become a project manager. As a project leader, you will receive an e-mail from us twice a year at the beginning of each semester listing the members of your project drive(s).

Deployment
As soon as the network drive has been set up, it is automatically integrated on the Windows service computers as soon as you have logged in. This happens at the latest on the next working day after we have set it up. If the network drives are not displayed immediately, please wait a little (approx. 5 minutes), sometimes the systems need a little longer in the background.

For all other scenarios, you will find the instructions for integrating your network drive below...

  • Requirement laptop/home computer

    If you are working on a computer outside the university network and want to integrate your network drives, you first need a VPN connection to identify yourself as a member of the University of Münster IT system. If you are in the university network or have already established a VPN connection, please follow the instructions below for your system.

  • ... for Windows

    Step 1:

    First open Windows Explorer via the taskbar.

    Step 1:

    Now click on ‘This PC’ in the left sidebar.

    Step 3:

    Now press ‘Connect network drive’ in the menu ribbon above.

    Step 4:

    In the menu that now appears, enter one of the following two paths under ‘Folder:’:

    For project drives:
    \\IVV1CLUSTER1.uni-muenster.de\Example$
    The share name begins after the server name (ivv1cluster1...). Example stands for the project. If you are unsure what the share name of your network drive is, please contact us.

    For user drives:
    \\IVV1CLUSTER1.uni-muenster.de\user$\x\x_examp01 Please note that the ‘x’ after user$\ must be the first letter of your user ID (i.e. an a if your ID starts with a, a b if the ID starts with b, etc.). Then enter your user ID. When integrating several network drives, please ensure that you use a different drive letter for each network drive. You can specify the drive letters in the selection menu above the folder path.

    It is important that you tick the box ‘Establish connection with other login information’ when connecting the first drive. This box must not be ticked for further connections. To avoid error messages outside the University of Münster, you may need to remove the tick next to ‘Restore connection on login’.

    Step 5:

    When you click on ‘Finish’, a login window appears.

    Now enter ‘wwu.de\’ in front of your university ID as the user name and your university password as the password.
    The drive is now mounted.

  • ... for MAC

    Step 1:

    Step 2:

    In the window that now appears, enter one of the following two paths under ‘Server address’:
    For project drives:
    smb://IVV1CLUSTER1.uni-muenster.de/ProjBspExample$

    The server address (ivv1cluster1...) is followed by the share name (here ProjBspBeispiel$). ProjExample stands for your project. If you are unsure what the share name of your network drive is, please contact IVV1. Then press the + sign so that the connection is saved as a template. Then click on ‘Connect’.

    For user drives:
    smb://IVV1CLUSTER1.uni-muenster.de/user$/x/x_examp01

    Please note that the ‘x’ after user$/ must be the first letter of your user ID. Enter your user ID after it.

    Then press the + sign so that the connection is saved as a template. Then click on ‘Connect’.
     

    Step 3:

    Now enter your connection data.

    Step 4:

    Under ‘Name’ enter your university abbreviation, e.g. x_examp, possibly also wwu.de\x_examp01. Under ‘Password’ enter your university password. Please note that the Registered user field is selected. After you have clicked on Connect, the window with your data will open automatically.