Can I move a UNC share to DFS?

Hi all,

I have the following problem: I have the following share on a Windows 2003
R2 server
: \\netserver2003\d
Now I need to shutdown the netserver2003 server. It will be susbstituted by
a new server with a new name. But I need to preserve the above mentioned
share because it is used by many computers.
Can Dfs do that?
For a short time both server will coexists. Can I move the share to dfs
transparently without clients notice the move?
If this can not be done, what else do you suggest?

Any hint is welcomed
Thanks in advance
Sammy

"SammyBar" <> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I have the following problem: I have the following share on a Windows 2003
> R2 server
> : \\netserver2003\d
> Now I need to shutdown the netserver2003 server. It will be susbstituted
> by a new server with a new name. But I need to preserve the above
> mentioned share because it is used by many computers.
> Can Dfs do that?

No.

> For a short time both server will coexists.

....an even bigger NO.

You create a CNAME in your DNS that uses the Old Name. The CNAME then
points to the A Record of the "new" Server. The CNAME and the old server
cannot co-exist at the same time.

What you should have done from the beginning was create a CNAME called
"fileserver" or something equally generic. Access the resources with the
"generic" name. If the file server ever gets replaced you just repoint the
CNAME.

Even if you never use the CNAME you can still use a Shortcut and then rename
the Shortcut to whatever you want it to be. If the server gets replaced you
just delete and recreate the Shortcut and name it back to the correct name.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"bubslg" <> wrote in message
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>OK, first off we're talking about DFS here. I don't know what CNAMEs
>have to do with DFS.

No we are talking about replacing an old file server with a new one, and we
should not be talking about DFS. DFS was only suggested as an option,...and
I don't think it was a correct suggestion.

The goal is to get the new server to respond to the same UNC Path the the
old one resonded to in order to avoid reconfiguration on the Clients or
re-training of the "humans".,...which is what the CNAME does. DFS isn't
going to make that happen, and the old server is not going to be able to
participate when it no longer exists.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com