Not sure if this can be done or not. Have a server called server1 and I am migrating to a server named server2. I would like to take down server1 and have all the clients think that they are connecting to server1 but are really connecting to server2 (that way I can go around and redo the printer mappings at my time). Can a server have two names? so that //server1/share would be the same as //server2/share. I have tried to fake out dns and wins but it still will not see the server1. (I know that I can do some of this in cluster and DFS but really looking for the easy solution (other than naming the new server the old server name).
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Dual Server Names for Windows 2003 Server
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mrdenny
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- May 27, 2002
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In WINS put a static entry in for server1 with SERVER2's IP address. In DNS put an A record in for server1 with SERVER2's IP address.
It should work with no problem.
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It should work with no problem.
Denny
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