Redirect server share?

[Guest mwf]

Is it possible to redirect a share from server A to server B? Assume that

server A is not going away.

 

We're trying to consolidate a particular share from multiple regional

servers down to one corporate share. The regional servers are not going

away. We need to be able to automatically redirect calls to the old UNC path

to the new location in order to maintain links embedded in some of the

documents.

 

Any ideas?

[Guest Ryan Hanisco]

RE: Redirect server share?

 

MWF,

 

The only way to do that would be through changing the DNS records. The

problem is that it doesn't dound like the old machines are going away so this

isn't really anl option. With that, I can only hope that you were mapping a

drive or specifying a UNC path through a script where you cna centrally

manage it.

 

Otherwise, you are looking at a ton of manual work or a script to redirect.

Take this as a learning point where you centrally manage resource locations.

--

Ryan Hanisco

MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+

Chicago, IL

 

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"mwf" wrote:

> Is it possible to redirect a share from server A to server B? Assume that

> server A is not going away.

>

> We're trying to consolidate a particular share from multiple regional

> servers down to one corporate share. The regional servers are not going

> away. We need to be able to automatically redirect calls to the old UNC path

> to the new location in order to maintain links embedded in some of the

> documents.

>

> Any ideas?

[Guest mwf]

RE: Redirect server share?

 

I'm trying to support a poorly written application (Adobe InDesign) which has

stored full UNC paths for linked files, and does not support relative paths.

 

I wish it were as simple as changing a mapped drive or specifiying a new

path in the script.

 

Thanks,

Mark

 

"Ryan Hanisco" wrote:

> MWF,

>

> The only way to do that would be through changing the DNS records. The

> problem is that it doesn't dound like the old machines are going away so this

> isn't really anl option. With that, I can only hope that you were mapping a

> drive or specifying a UNC path through a script where you cna centrally

> manage it.

>

> Otherwise, you are looking at a ton of manual work or a script to redirect.

> Take this as a learning point where you centrally manage resource locations.

> --

> Ryan Hanisco

> MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+

> Chicago, IL

>

> Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need

> quickly.

>

>

> "mwf" wrote:

>

> > Is it possible to redirect a share from server A to server B? Assume that

> > server A is not going away.

> >

> > We're trying to consolidate a particular share from multiple regional

> > servers down to one corporate share. The regional servers are not going

> > away. We need to be able to automatically redirect calls to the old UNC path

> > to the new location in order to maintain links embedded in some of the

> > documents.

> >

> > Any ideas?