Background
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) historically used a server called Array to house their users’ home directories. ITS will be working with CEAS faculty, staff, and students to migrate these directories to ITS-supported offerings.
Data for faculty and staff will be migrated by ITS to each user's U: Drive. Users without a U: Drive will need to migrate their data themselves. Please see below for instructions in various scenarios.
Instructions
Migrate content from Array to OneDrive for Business (CS-managed Linux machine)
- Open mail.albany.edu in a web browser. (This has been tested in Firefox successfully.)
- Click the "waffle" icon at the top left and choose OneDrive:
- Create a new folder in OneDrive for these files.
- Open Home folder in Array. (Do not drag the Home folder itself as this will copy dot files and other hidden files.)
- Select all contents and drag the folders and files from your Home folder to browser - they will upload.
Migrate content from Array to OneDrive for Business (Windows, macOS, non-CS-Managed Linux machine)
Using an SFTP client, connect to Array.
- Install an SFTP client (such as WinSCP on Windows or CyberDuck on macOS).
- Run the SFTP application.
- Use the following settings, when prompted:
- File protocol: SFTP
- Host name: inbound.cs.albany.edu
Username: Your CS ID
- Password: Your CS ID password
- Port number: 22
- Download your files and folders to your local hard drive.
- Open a File Explorer/Finder/File Manager window to display the folder containing your downloaded contents.
- Open mail.albany.edu in browser.
- Click the "waffle" icon at the top left and choose OneDrive:
- Create a new folder in OneDrive for these files.
- Select all contents in this local folder and drag the folders and files to the folder in OneDrive in your browser - they will upload.
Migrate content from local drive in Linux to OneDrive for Business
- Open mail.albany.edu in a web browser. (This has been tested in Firefox successfully.)
- Click the "waffle" icon at the top left and choose OneDrive:
- Create a new folder in OneDrive for these files.
- Open your local folder(s) on your Linux workstation.
- Select all contents and drag the folders and files from your local folder(s) to browser - they will upload.
Additional Information
Learn more about OneDrive for Business
Options for File Storage and Sharing