We run a Windows Server 2003 environment (2 DC's) with multiple XP workstations, latest Service Packs.
Users all have a shortcut on their XP workstations that point to server1 for shared folders (\\server1\...).
We need to move the shared folders to server2, but we want to keep the user shorcuts to "\\server1" as is.
We tested with making a CNAME record in the DNS called "shared" and pointing it to the IP of server1...Did a ping and it resolved to the correct IP address (goal was to see if we could path to "\\shared" through windows explorer, but could not."
Our intention was to move the shares to server2 and put a CNAME record called server1 that would resolve to server2's IP address. But it's obvious that wont work since our little test failed.
How can we do this, simplified. Thanks...