Mapping H Drive in Open Access Labs

Introduction

The Technology Services Open Access Labs & University Audio Visual Services have home drives available for students and faculties. Your H: Drive (home drive) will automatically be mapped on an OAL/VOAL computer when you log in. 

Your quota will stay at 5 GB.

Below are instructions to manually map your home drive for your personal devices while on the TAMU network (TAMU_WiFi or TAMU VPN).

Texas A&M network drives SHOULD NOT be mapped to personal computers or devices that are not controlled, managed, and updated by a Texas A&M University Technology Services group or a departmental IT organization (ex: Engineering IT). These IT groups can verify that all necessary and required security updates, antivirus, and malware protections are properly maintained on the machines they manage. Mapping a network drive onto a machine not managed by the university exposes these drives, the data on them, and potentially the other users of those drives to unnecessary security risks.

Manually Map OAL H: Drive

  1. Go to https://oalinfo.tamu.edu/
  2. Click on Account Services
  3. Log in using your NetID and Password (DUO enabled)
  4. The Account Services page should be open

    Account Services page displaying OAL information
     
  5. The path to mapping your Home Drive is \\storage.it.tamu.edu\tamu\oal\homes\[NetID]
  6. Once you have the path information. Copy it
  7. Open File Explorer and right-click on This PC located in the left sidebar

    File Explorer Side Menu
     
  8. Select Map network drive... from the menu

    Map network Drive from This PC in Side Menu
     
  9. Select any letter as the Drive letter in the Map Network Drive window (Note: H: Drive used in this example)
  10. Paste the full Home Drive path into the Folder field (\\storage.it.tamu.edu\tamu\oal\homes\[NetID])

    Selecting the network folder you would like to map
     
  11. Leave Reconnect at sign-in selected
  12. Check Connect using different credentials
  13. Click Finish. Your H: Drive (Home Drive) should be listed in the left sidebar as Home Drive (H:)

    Selecting Home Drive (H:) from the left sidebar
     
  14. If you get another pop-up asking you to Enter network credentials, please type in your User name as AUTH\[NetID] and your Password
    1. Domain must be AUTH
  15. Check Remember my credentials
  16. Click OK

    Enter Network Credentials into Windows Security popup window


Please contact Help Desk Central at 979-845-3800 if you come across any issues.

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