====== SMB/CIFS Downtime Thursday, February 17, 2022 ======

EECS IT will be making a number of software changes to the departmental Linux file servers on Thursday, February 17, beginning at 1:30 PM. We expect the downtime to take about 2 hours. During that time, access to your EECS Linux files via the SMB/CIFS protocol will be intermittent or unavailable. \\
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The following services will be affected:
  * The L: drive on EECS IT supported Windows computers.
  * Mounting your EECS Linux home directory, ''/research'' directory, or ''/storage'' directory from Microsoft Windows or Apple MacOS systems via SMB/CIFS.
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The following services will NOT be affected:
  * Accessing you EECS Linux files from any EECS IT supported Linux systems including the Hydra, Tesla, or virtual VLSI lab.
  * Copying files between systems using SCP or SFTP clients such as WinSCP, Cyberduck, or SSHFS.
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If you need access to your files during the downtime, please use an SFTP/SCP client. Alternatively, a temporary SMB server is available at samba.eecs.utk.edu. You can mount your home directory using:
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Windows: ''%%\\%%samba.eecs.utk.edu\netid''\\
MacOS: ''smb:%%//%%samba.eecs.utk.edu/netid'' \\
(substitute your UTK NetID for “netid”)\\
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For more information on how to mount network drives, please see: [[:knowledge-base:linux-topics:mounting-linux-on-windows]].