Group drive: Data storage for departments and workgroups
Group drive: Data storage for departments and workgroups
The IT services provide storage space for departments and workgroups via the CIFS/SMB and NFS protocols.
The order to set up a group drive must contain this information:
- Cost centre
- Person responsible
- Required storage space
- Short name for the group drive (one word)
- User accounts or email addresses of the people who are to have access to the group drive
Please use the selection point Request group drive on the university's service portal.
Data security
The IT services back up your stored data against possible loss due to a disaster by automatically mirroring it to another location.
In the event of accidental deletion or damage to a file, you also have access to automatically created daily backups of the group drives that go back 30 days into the past. You can find instructions on how to view these backups yourself and restore lost data in the section Restoring deleted files from a group drive.
Establishing a connection to a group drive
In order to successfully establish a connection to a group drive, you must be in the university network. Please note the information on accessing Campusnet.
Windows 11
Step 1: Open the file explorer (shortcut: Win + E) and click on "This PC" in the favourites bar on the left.
Step 3: In the "Connect network drive" dialogue window that now opens, select a free letter of your choice (e.g. Z:) or leave the selection as it is. In the field next to "Folder:" enter \\daten.uni-oldenburg.de\ followed by the name of the group drive and then click on "Finish" (see following figure). Ticking the box to restore the connection when logging in requires that your system knows the access data.
Linux (Fedora 42)
Step 5: To add the group drive or a folder contained in it to the favourites of your file explorer, open it and click on the button with the three dots next to the currently open path (see following figure).
In the menu that now opens, you can add the currently open path to your favourites by clicking on "Add to bookmarks".
Alternatively via cloud storage
To integrate a group drive on an end device, you can use the existing integration in the cloud storage, which does not require an active connection of your end device to the university network. Instructions for setting up a corresponding application can be found here for desktop computers and here for smartphones and tablets.
Restore deleted files from a group drive
Please note the additional information contained in the data security section for backing up data. Please also ensure that you have the necessary authorisation before restoring data.
If you are unsure or have any questions, please contact the IT Service Desk or, if available, the decentralised IT manager responsible for you.
Windows 11
Step 3: In the "Previous versions" tab, you can select from the existing backups of the folder. After making the appropriate selection, you have the option of opening a previous version of the folder by clicking on "Open" (marker no. 1 in the following illustration) or restoring the entire folder to the selected point in time by clicking on "Restore" (marker no. 2).