Redirecting a UNC path to the localhost - DR

[Guest newsgroups.jd@gmail.com]

First - thanks for any suggestions.

 

Little background -

 

I have an application that relies heavily on a share on a file server.

 

Looking for a Disaster Recovery plan if the server goes away. Yes

ideally you would bring the server back and all is well. Looking for

immeadiate DR solution.

 

What I would like to be able to do.

 

1. Copy all the files from server to local computers

2. Create share local

3. Trick computer into thinking the local PC is the remote server.

 

Figured this would be easy enough using a hostfile entry as such

 

127.0.0.1 servername

 

Ping server name works, but UNC still tries to hit the server. Took

the PC off the network, removed it from domain, added entry to lmhost

as well. Saw a few posts on lanmanserver/parameters

disablestrictnamechecking and optionalnames - these didnt help.

 

I'm getting there, but the latest roadblock - when i run > \\servername

\share$ it is asking for credentials. Share has FC as well as nfts

permissions FC.

 

Any ideas?

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Redirecting a UNC path to the localhost - DR

 

newsgroups.jd@gmail.com wrote:

> First - thanks for any suggestions.

>

> Little background -

>

> I have an application that relies heavily on a share on a file server.

>

> Looking for a Disaster Recovery plan if the server goes away. Yes

> ideally you would bring the server back and all is well. Looking for

> immeadiate DR solution.

>

> What I would like to be able to do.

>

> 1. Copy all the files from server to local computers

> 2. Create share local

> 3. Trick computer into thinking the local PC is the remote server.

>

> Figured this would be easy enough using a hostfile entry as such

>

> 127.0.0.1 servername

>

> Ping server name works, but UNC still tries to hit the server. Took

> the PC off the network, removed it from domain, added entry to lmhost

> as well. Saw a few posts on lanmanserver/parameters

> disablestrictnamechecking and optionalnames - these didnt help.

>

> I'm getting there, but the latest roadblock - when i run >

> \\servername \share$ it is asking for credentials. Share has FC as

> well as nfts permissions FC.

>

> Any ideas?

 

 

Doesn't your app support mapped drives?

 

I'd get another server (even a lightweight box would do) rather than

touching workstations at all. If you can use DFS, well and good - if not,

even a simple file-level robocopy job would get the data files over.

[Guest dolejh@gmail.com]

Re: Redirecting a UNC path to the localhost - DR

 

Looking for a immeadiate DR solution. Another servers is the way to

go, but looking for a way to point to localhost.

 

I have ran through all the possibles and this is the way to go.

 

Really just looking for a way to trick the computer into seeing \

\servername\share as \\127.0.0.1\share.

 

JD