Data Archival
Instructions
Campus cyber
security requires we transfer data via a secure connection such as sftp. Below
are instructions for doing so. Please ask NMR Facility personnel for login name
and password. Transfer of data to your office or lab computer for archival is a
two step process. First the data will be moved from the spectrometer to the NMR
server. Then you can use secure FTP over the campus network to transfer data
from the server to your PC, where it can be stored on media of your choice.
Transfer
of data to the NMR server:
Data
transfer from Facility Windows-based spectrometers (500, 600, 800)
Using a
Windows PC host computer, you can move data directly to the NMR server just by
using the mouse to drag and drop in Windows Explorer. If you donŐt already have
a folder, use File > New > Folder in Windows Explorer to create your own
data folder in the Shared folder on the server. Please use your first initial
and last name to name your folder, for example jwalton. Place the data on the
server drive under Shared > Data > your_folder via drag and drop. Your
files are now on the server.
Data
transfer from Facility Linux-based spectrometers (400, 7T, Data Station)
1) Open a
Konqueror window by double clicking on the home folder icon.
2) Repeat so
that you have two windows open
3) In window 1,
go to your data folder /opt/pv4/data/$USERNAME/nmr (or to where ever the files
are)
3) In window 2,
in the address line type: sftp://somftp.ucdavis.edu. Hit Return.
4) Enter user name
and password.
5) Navigate to
your folder on the server.
6) Drag and drop
files/folders you want to move from one window to the other.
You may need to
enter the user name and password more than once.
Data
transfer from Sever to your computer
To FTP data
from the NMR server to your computer, connect to it from your office PC or Mac a
program like Fetch (Mac) or WinSCP or Secure FX on the PC. (Do not use
SmartFTP).
To connect,
start your FTP program. The server name you want to connect to is:
sftp.ucdsom.ucdavis.edu
User name and
password are the same as above.
Additional
notes:
1) The server
is for temporary data storage only. Data you place there should be copied to
your
office
computer. Files will be deleted from the server by the system administrator on
a regular
basis.
2) You must
use secure FTP A.K.A. SFTP (not plain FTP) to connect to the NMR server. You
must therefore
use an FTP
program that supports secure FTP.