Redirect server share?

[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?

 

[Ryan Hanisco]

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?

 

[mwf]

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?