Guest jrjones Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 Hello, I have a domain controller that will be going off line. It has a shared folder that a number of people use. What is the best way when I move the folder to the new domain controller to have the shared folder be present the users systems without touching all the desktops. jrjones
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 Re: best practice on moving shared folder "jrjones" <jrjonesalaska@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3025b71e-ae52-4cae-8794-28846d67831f@l79g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > Hello, > > I have a domain controller that will be going off line. It has a > shared folder that a number of people use. What is the best way when > I move the folder to the new domain controller to have the shared > folder be present the users systems without touching all the > desktops. > > jrjones In a robust installation, all share connections are defined in the server-based logon script. When moving a share from one server to another then it is sufficient to modify that logon script so that it reflects the new server. Users need to do nothing other than log off and log on again.
Guest net_admin Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 RE: best practice on moving shared folder - Robocopy all files to the new server with the same rights and folders structure. - Change the logon script to reflect the new path. - Pray for users not to have shortcuts in their desktops pointing out to the old path and if they do, smack them. REMARK: I had the scenario in which users used to make lots of shortcuts in their desktops. We had the need of refresing servers, that made us change their names. It caused all users to complain their shortcuts didn't work anymore. The best solution I found at that time was to centrilize the shortcuts in a network forlder so that whenever we had a server name changed we did that change in one place only. Besides, I pushed the logon script to remove certain shortcuts from their desktops (filtering the shortcuts of course). -- NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR> "jrjones" wrote: > Hello, > > I have a domain controller that will be going off line. It has a > shared folder that a number of people use. What is the best way when > I move the folder to the new domain controller to have the shared > folder be present the users systems without touching all the > desktops. > > jrjones >
Guest Mathieu CHATEAU Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 Re: best practice on moving shared folder Hello, I also used once a vbscript that scanned the .lnk file and changed the target -- Cordialement, Mathieu CHATEAU English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com French blog: http://www.lotp.fr "net_admin" <netadmin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:06F91F68-889B-4309-9201-1B62B7FF0D35@microsoft.com... >- Robocopy all files to the new server with the same rights and folders > structure. > - Change the logon script to reflect the new path. > - Pray for users not to have shortcuts in their desktops pointing out to > the > old path and if they do, smack them. > > REMARK: > I had the scenario in which users used to make lots of shortcuts in their > desktops. > We had the need of refresing servers, that made us change their names. > It caused all users to complain their shortcuts didn't work anymore. > > The best solution I found at that time was to centrilize the shortcuts in > a > network forlder so that whenever we had a server name changed we did that > change in one place only. > Besides, I pushed the logon script to remove certain shortcuts from their > desktops (filtering the shortcuts of course). > > > -- > NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR> > > "jrjones" wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have a domain controller that will be going off line. It has a >> shared folder that a number of people use. What is the best way when >> I move the folder to the new domain controller to have the shared >> folder be present the users systems without touching all the >> desktops. >> >> jrjones >>
Guest net_admin Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 Re: best practice on moving shared folder Nice! Here is the old fashion one I created. \\\\\\\\\\\\ set VarProfile=%UserProfile%\desktop set VarAppData=%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch REM Cria pasta temp no perfil do usuario fazendo logon if not exist "%UserProfile%\temp" md "%UserProfile%\temp" c: cd\ cd "%VarProfile%" REM Move icons to temp folder within user's profile for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('findstr /i /s /m "\<*production*\>" *.lnk') do @move "%%i" "%UserProfile%\temp" for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('findstr /i /s /m "\<O:.*" *.lnk') do @move "%%i" "%UserProfile%\temp" REM Keep on running in Quick Launch folder cd\ cd "%VarAppData%" for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('findstr /i /s /m "\<*production*\>" *.lnk') do @move "%%i" "%UserProfile%\temp" for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('findstr /i /s /m "\<O:.*" *.lnk') do @move "%%i" "%UserProfile%\temp" \\\\\\\\\\\\ -- NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote: > Hello, > > I also used once a vbscript that scanned the .lnk file and changed the > target > > -- > Cordialement, > Mathieu CHATEAU > English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com > French blog: http://www.lotp.fr > > > "net_admin" <netadmin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:06F91F68-889B-4309-9201-1B62B7FF0D35@microsoft.com... > >- Robocopy all files to the new server with the same rights and folders > > structure. > > - Change the logon script to reflect the new path. > > - Pray for users not to have shortcuts in their desktops pointing out to > > the > > old path and if they do, smack them. > > > > REMARK: > > I had the scenario in which users used to make lots of shortcuts in their > > desktops. > > We had the need of refresing servers, that made us change their names. > > It caused all users to complain their shortcuts didn't work anymore. > > > > The best solution I found at that time was to centrilize the shortcuts in > > a > > network forlder so that whenever we had a server name changed we did that > > change in one place only. > > Besides, I pushed the logon script to remove certain shortcuts from their > > desktops (filtering the shortcuts of course). > > > > > > -- > > NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR> > > > > "jrjones" wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have a domain controller that will be going off line. It has a > >> shared folder that a number of people use. What is the best way when > >> I move the folder to the new domain controller to have the shared > >> folder be present the users systems without touching all the > >> desktops. > >> > >> jrjones > >> > >
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