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Guest Ruud Boersma
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Hi all,

 

Did not know where to post this question, so i'm posting it in general.

Following problem:

Old server is migrated to new server. We need to maintain the old unc path

like \\oldserver\share.

This means the new server needs a second computername (netbios alias).

Someone told me to create an DNS cname, but this does not work for netbios.

So I found an article describing howto create an netbios alias (or multiple

aliasses) using the registry editor. By creating a reg_sz OptionalNames in

parameters in

lanmanserver(hkey_local_machine/system/currentcontrolset/services/lanmanserver,

i can succesfully create a second netbios id. I have to create an additional

reg_dword in parameters "DisableStrictNameChecking" and set it to 1.

When I stop the server service and it's dependencies, and then start the

server service again without it's dependencies, I can succesfully connect to

\\oldserver\share.

But the server service(lanmanserver) has dependencies. One of them is the

netlogon. When this dependent service starts, the optional unique id's are

being removed and only the original computername remains.

 

I found a view articles from people who have succesfully done this. What is

going wrong here?

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Guest Ruud Boersma
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RE: netbios alias

 

Forget it, I was testing this at home on a domain controller. Which,

offcourse, can not have more than one ID.

 

 

"Ruud Boersma" wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Did not know where to post this question, so i'm posting it in general.

> Following problem:

> Old server is migrated to new server. We need to maintain the old unc path

> like \\oldserver\share.

> This means the new server needs a second computername (netbios alias).

> Someone told me to create an DNS cname, but this does not work for netbios.

> So I found an article describing howto create an netbios alias (or multiple

> aliasses) using the registry editor. By creating a reg_sz OptionalNames in

> parameters in

> lanmanserver(hkey_local_machine/system/currentcontrolset/services/lanmanserver,

> i can succesfully create a second netbios id. I have to create an additional

> reg_dword in parameters "DisableStrictNameChecking" and set it to 1.

> When I stop the server service and it's dependencies, and then start the

> server service again without it's dependencies, I can succesfully connect to

> \\oldserver\share.

> But the server service(lanmanserver) has dependencies. One of them is the

> netlogon. When this dependent service starts, the optional unique id's are

> being removed and only the original computername remains.

>

> I found a view articles from people who have succesfully done this. What is

> going wrong here?


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