domian on 2 servers

[qmann]

I am relatively new to networking and have a few questions. We currently have 2 servers hooked up to a domain. Let's call them server 1 and server 2. Server 2 has the main files and server 2 has files as well. I want to take one aspect of the network.. let's call it mechanical and put it over to server 2. Now mechanical is currently mapped on server 1, do i have to re-map all workstations to server 2 and will there be any disadvantages to switching over or any problems and what is the best way to do it.

I am running Windows NT 4.0 server. The workstations are mostly windows 2000.

any help would be great.

 

[ShackDaddy]

If you've moved the share, which it sounds like you have, you will have to remap all the clients to the new share. The easiest way to do this is configure the clients to run a logon script that will automatically remap the drives when the users log on.

To do this, create a script and save it in the WINNT\System32\REPL\IMPORT\SCRIPTS folder on your domain controller. Then use User Manager for Domains, select all users, get properties, and change the Login Script entry in the Profile area to be the name of the script that you created.

As far as writing the script:

If it was drive Z:, for example that pointed to the "Mechanical" share, you might put the following in a script:

net use z: /delete
net use z: \\server2\mech /PERSISTENT:YES

If you don't really have a domain running, you might add authentication information with "/USER:mechanic" or something like that.

That's pretty much it. I'm assuming that you know the basics about what a domain is and does, even though you seemed a bit shaky on that in your question.

ShackDaddy

 

[qmann]

okay sounds good, i haven't switched over the share yet but to switch it over should i just cut and paste all the files over???? What is the easiest and least troublesome way.

 

[ShackDaddy]

From server2, map a drive to the share on server1. Open that mapped drive from server2 and copy all the files over to a new directory on server2. Share that directory with the same name that you used on server1.

If you know how to use XCOPY, that's a good way to do it. Otherwise use the GUI to select all files and drag them to where you want them to go.

 

[qmann]

thanks shackdaddy for your help.

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