Connecting to LSA file spaces (Windows)

Summary

This article discuss how to connect to LSA file spaces from Windows. Refer to the Linux instructions or the Mac instructions for other operating systems.

Environment

Windows

Directions

To access the files remotely (off-campus)

Connect to the campus VPN first. You’ll need to download and install the VPN client (a one-time thing), then connect to the space you want, and optionally map drives or create favorites or shortcuts:

Download, install, and connect to the VPN client.
Then connect to the file space using the steps below.

Connecting To File Spaces From Windows

Go to the start button, then right click your machine name (on the right side of the panel, usually under “Music”, which may look like "Computer", "hist-1234abc", or "js-uniqname"), and click on Map Network Drive.
From the Drive pull down menu, select the letter you would like to use. Select S: for your department space and H: for your personal space, unless they are already in use, etc.
In the Folder field, enter the path for each drive. Path information can be found in the "Additional Notes" section.
Make sure Reconnect at logon is checked and click Finish.
Your mapped drives will then show up in Windows Explorer (double-click the computer icon on the desktop).
- If you’re prompted for username and password, enter your uniqname preceded by umroot\, For example, umroot\johnsmith. Use your Kerberos password.
- To place a shortcut on your desktop, right click the icon for the drive and choose Create shortcut. Windows will automatically place the shortcut on your desktop.

Connect Directly to Psychology Lab Server Space from Windows

To connect directly:

Click on Start.
Click RUN (if on Windows XP) and type (for Windows 7) in the ‘Search programs and files’ the following path: \\lsapsycgroup.m.storage.umich.edu\lsapsycgroup\LabNameHere
where LabNameHere is the appropriate lab space name, such as tahlgren-lab.

Additional notes

Type	Path
S Drive	\\lsa-`dept`.m.storage.umich.edu\lsa-`dept` where `dept` is your department prefix. The lsa-`dept` reference appears twice, once in each of the host name and volume name.
H Drive	\\lsa-users.m.storage.umich.edu\lsa-users\`uniqname` where `uniqname` is your uniqname.
LSA Research Storage (Turbo)	\\lsa-uniqname-win.turbo.storage.umich.edu\lsa-uniqname If the name and password on the machine where you are trying to mount the volume do not match your UMich uniqnme and password please try mounting with different credentials on Windows and add UMROOT\ in front of the uniqname.

Please note: If you cannot find your space, please contact us.

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