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- Open your VPN client and log into your secure DRS VPN account. The login name should be your HarvardKey login name and tunnel (e.g., john_harvard@harvard.edu#vpn_tunnel_name) and your HarvardKey password.
- Point your secure FTP client to the dropbox address: easdrop-secure.library.harvard.edu (production) or easdrop-secure-qa.hul.harvard.edu (test). Use port 22 for secure FTP (in case if your client does not set this automatically).
- Enter your dropbox login name and password.
- Locate the dropbox INCOMING folder. On your local file system, locate the staging folder.
- Copy the staging folder to the INCOMING folder.
- Close the secure FTP connection. This step is IMPORTANT! The EAS loader will not process your packet if your sFTP client is connected to the dropbox.
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Tip: The EAS loader runs about every 15 minutes (at :15, :30, :45 and :59 minutes past the hour) from 8am-9pm Monday to Saturday. Your packet needs to be in the dropbox and submitted to EASi to be picked up by the loader.
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The EAS loader runs about every 15 minutes (at :15, :30, :45 and :59 minutes past the hour) from 8am-9pm Monday to Saturday. Once a packet is picked up, loader processing may take several minutes to several hours depending on size of the packet. You can check the EASi Packet Import Queue to check on status of packets in process or the Packet Summary for packets that have been loaded to EAS. When processing is complete, the EASi loader will email a load report to the address specified in the "Depositor email" field in packet metadata. Once you get the load report, items in your packet should be available in EASi.
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