Need to map a preserve a network path despite the server is going to dissapear...

[Guest SammyBar]

Hi all,

 

I have a Windows server 2000 PDC named "myserver" with a share named

"myshare". The path is \\myserver\myshare. A legacy app depends on this

share. Now I should upgrade the PDC to Windows Server 2003 in a new

hardware. The new PDC server will be named myserver2. The old one will be

demoted and shutdown after transferring roles so I will lost the path

\\myserver\myshare and the legacy app will fail. Once promoted to PDC the

myserver2 can not be renamed back to myserver.

What can I do?

Is it possible to create some kind of alias such a way all the PCs in the

network can access the new \\myserver2\myshare as \\myserver\myshare?

 

Any hint is welcomed

Thanks in advance

Sammy

[Guest Danny Sanders]

Re: Need to map a preserve a network path despite the server is going to dissapear...

 

> \\myserver\myshare and the legacy app will fail. Once promoted to PDC the

> myserver2 can not be renamed back to myserver.

> What can I do?

 

Demote the existing "myserver" and rename to my server3. Rename "myserver2"

to "myserver" and then run dcpromo to make it a DC.

 

hth

DDS

 

"SammyBar" <sammybar@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi all,

>

> I have a Windows server 2000 PDC named "myserver" with a share named

> "myshare". The path is \\myserver\myshare. A legacy app depends on this

> share. Now I should upgrade the PDC to Windows Server 2003 in a new

> hardware. The new PDC server will be named myserver2. The old one will be

> demoted and shutdown after transferring roles so I will lost the path

> \\myserver\myshare and the legacy app will fail. Once promoted to PDC the

> myserver2 can not be renamed back to myserver.

> What can I do?

> Is it possible to create some kind of alias such a way all the PCs in the

> network can access the new \\myserver2\myshare as \\myserver\myshare?

>

> Any hint is welcomed

> Thanks in advance

> Sammy

>

[Guest SammyBar]

Re: Need to map a preserve a network path despite the server is going to dissapear...

 

> Demote the existing "myserver" and rename to my server3. Rename

> "myserver2" to "myserver" and then run dcpromo to make it a DC.

 

The problem is I shoild do that in the process of upgrading PDC and Exchange

from 2000 to 2003 Server/2007 Exchange. The process of upgrading supposes

both server will be domain controllers together at least for small time in

order to transfer the roles from the old one to the new one. So I can not

demote "myserver" before promoting "myserver2". So I have no chance to

rename the server.

[Guest Danny Sanders]

Re: Need to map a preserve a network path despite the server is going to dissapear...

 

I would suggest adding a temporary third DC into the domain to do the name

change but you now mention exchange.....You might want to post this question

in one of the exchange groups

 

hth

DDS

 

"SammyBar" <sammybar@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>> Demote the existing "myserver" and rename to my server3. Rename

>> "myserver2" to "myserver" and then run dcpromo to make it a DC.

>

> The problem is I shoild do that in the process of upgrading PDC and

> Exchange from 2000 to 2003 Server/2007 Exchange. The process of upgrading

> supposes both server will be domain controllers together at least for

> small time in order to transfer the roles from the old one to the new one.

> So I can not demote "myserver" before promoting "myserver2". So I have no

> chance to rename the server.

>

>

[Guest SammyBar]

Re: Need to map a preserve a network path despite the server is going to dissapear...

 

>I would suggest adding a temporary third DC into the domain to do the name

>change

Yes, I think it is no way other than introduce a third server. Once

myserver2 is fully functional PDC demote myserver and afterhours copy all

the shared stuff to a third new hardware myserver3. Then switch names

myserver <-> myserver3, and shutdown forever the original myserver

 

Thanks for your help

Sammy