DFS - Migration?

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Mike Brierley

We have a large userbase that use persistant connections, in order to move
into DFS the user who connected as \\server\share would have to change to
\\server\dfsrootname\share.

Is there any way to automate this process without having to visit each users
machine?

Why doesnt MS NOT allow an unamed root (like \ )


Mike Brierley
 
You have following options:
1. You can create DFS root on \\server\share but I am not sure how much will
that be beneficial for you
2. Otherwise, you have to change your persistent connections to
\\server\dfsrootname\share.

You can run a script in user-logon profile to change the persistent
connections to new path. This way, when user will login next time - their
presistent connection mappings will change automatically.

--
Thanks
Mukul [MSFT]

PS: Please post DFS related queries in newsgroup
microsoft.public.win2000.file_system. Please use "DFS" in subject to make it
immediately noticeable.

PS: Please find latest dfsutil.exe (updated) at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...C3-C7A3-4B5B-9FF1-FD01B0203DC1&displaylang=en

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
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I've been looking into your second option, and am looking at/for scripting
information on changing net uses on log in.

M.
You have following options:
1. You can create DFS root on \\server\share but I am not sure how much will
that be beneficial for you
2. Otherwise, you have to change your persistent connections to
\\server\dfsrootname\share.

You can run a script in user-logon profile to change the persistent
connections to new path. This way, when user will login next time - their
presistent connection mappings will change automatically.

--
Thanks
Mukul [MSFT]

PS: Please post DFS related queries in newsgroup
microsoft.public.win2000.file_system. Please use "DFS" in subject to make it
immediately noticeable.

PS: Please find latest dfsutil.exe (updated) at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...C3-C7A3-4B5B-9FF1-FD01B0203DC1&displaylang=en

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights


Mike Brierley said:
We have a large userbase that use persistant connections, in order to move
into DFS the user who connected as \\server\share would have to change to
\\server\dfsrootname\share.

Is there any way to automate this process without having to visit each users
machine?

Why doesnt MS NOT allow an unamed root (like \ )


Mike Brierley
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We have this line in our logon script to map our DFS share.
net use %2: "%3" /persistent:yes> nul
may be this will help to get your script done?
-G
Mike Brierley said:
I've been looking into your second option, and am looking at/for scripting
information on changing net uses on log in.

M.
You have following options:
1. You can create DFS root on \\server\share but I am not sure how much will
that be beneficial for you
2. Otherwise, you have to change your persistent connections to
\\server\dfsrootname\share.

You can run a script in user-logon profile to change the persistent
connections to new path. This way, when user will login next time - their
presistent connection mappings will change automatically.

--
Thanks
Mukul [MSFT]

PS: Please post DFS related queries in newsgroup
microsoft.public.win2000.file_system. Please use "DFS" in subject to
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make
it
immediately noticeable.

PS: Please find latest dfsutil.exe (updated) at
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...C3-C7A3-4B5B-9FF1-FD01B0203DC1&displaylang=en
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
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One more thing...

when you switch to dfs I think you really want to use
\\domain\dfsrootname\share to take full advantage of dfs. This way you can
migrate the physical location all you want in the future and this "virtual"
path never changes because you aren't referencing any specific server.

Mukul Gupta said:
You have following options:
1. You can create DFS root on \\server\share but I am not sure how much will
that be beneficial for you
2. Otherwise, you have to change your persistent connections to
\\server\dfsrootname\share.

You can run a script in user-logon profile to change the persistent
connections to new path. This way, when user will login next time - their
presistent connection mappings will change automatically.

--
Thanks
Mukul [MSFT]

PS: Please post DFS related queries in newsgroup
microsoft.public.win2000.file_system. Please use "DFS" in subject to make it
immediately noticeable.

PS: Please find latest dfsutil.exe (updated) at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...C3-C7A3-4B5B-9FF1-FD01B0203DC1&displaylang=en

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights


Mike Brierley said:
We have a large userbase that use persistant connections, in order to move
into DFS the user who connected as \\server\share would have to change to
\\server\dfsrootname\share.

Is there any way to automate this process without having to visit each users
machine?

Why doesnt MS NOT allow an unamed root (like \ )


Mike Brierley
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