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Use same share name as another share on same server. Keep half of folder structure in one drive and rest on another drive
I have multiple drives on my server. I moved a directory to another drive, and want to give it the same share name so i do not have to update my clients (that have mapped drives pointing to the share). How might i do this? My clients have mapped directories to the share.
For example, My F drive has the following directory shared: F:\Public, and the share name is called Public. Under the public directory I have many different sub-directories. One of the sub-directories was so big (the APPLET directory), i had to move it to another drive. The E drive. So i recreated the structure on the E drive (new drive) to mimic the F drive (old drive). When i went to share the E:\Public directory (new share), i got the following error, "You are already sharing F:\Public using the name Public. Do you want to share E:\Public using the name Public instead?" If i do this, then people that have mapped drives will go out of wack. How can I get around this?
For example, My F drive has the following directory shared: F:\Public, and the share name is called Public. Under the public directory I have many different sub-directories. One of the sub-directories was so big (the APPLET directory), i had to move it to another drive. The E drive. So i recreated the structure on the E drive (new drive) to mimic the F drive (old drive). When i went to share the E:\Public directory (new share), i got the following error, "You are already sharing F:\Public using the name Public. Do you want to share E:\Public using the name Public instead?" If i do this, then people that have mapped drives will go out of wack. How can I get around this?
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Note that the article discusses two servers, but I don't think that would be necessary for what I think you're trying to accomplish. You'd simply create a DFS share called PUBLIC, and rename your existing shares to "PUBLIC1" and "PUBLIC2" for example. These are both on the same server, but the DFS root "ppublic" includes both shares under a single distributed sharename.
Mike
Mike
Like they said you cannont share to folders on the same computer with the same drive name. If You made an Identical copy of your E: Drive to your F: Drive why do you want to share your E: Drives Public Directory?
If you copyed just parts of the E: Drives Public Directory over you could share the F: Drives as Public2. Delete the folders you copied over to the Drive F:\Public2 share from the E: Drive. Replace the folders in the E: Drive with shortcuts pointing to the folders in the Public2 share.
If you copyed just parts of the E: Drives Public Directory over you could share the F: Drives as Public2. Delete the folders you copied over to the Drive F:\Public2 share from the E: Drive. Replace the folders in the E: Drive with shortcuts pointing to the folders in the Public2 share.
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Yes. I want to half of my shares to be in one location, the other in another location, but all under the same SHARE name.
Ex.
PUBLIC (SHARE NAME) has directories like this:
PUBLIC
|DEPARTMENT
|HR (SHOULD RESIDE ON F DRIVE)
|FINANCE (SHOULD RESIDE ON E DRIVE)
I basically want to branch out my sub directories to different locations, make it seamless to the user. In that under the PUBLIC directory, they have multiple sub-folders, and those sub-folders look like they are all on one directory (but they are not physically). I will look into DFS. Thanks. Any other suggestions now that I clarified?
Ex.
PUBLIC (SHARE NAME) has directories like this:
PUBLIC
|DEPARTMENT
|HR (SHOULD RESIDE ON F DRIVE)
|FINANCE (SHOULD RESIDE ON E DRIVE)
I basically want to branch out my sub directories to different locations, make it seamless to the user. In that under the PUBLIC directory, they have multiple sub-folders, and those sub-folders look like they are all on one directory (but they are not physically). I will look into DFS. Thanks. Any other suggestions now that I clarified?
You could use mount points on the other partitions, but then you have to make the root of that drive the folder. For example:
E:\Public
E:\Public\Software --moved to--> F:\
Now in Computer management, Disk Management, you would mount F:\ to E:\Public\Software and when people go to the "Public" share and access software, they are really accessing another drive.
E:\Public
E:\Public\Software --moved to--> F:\
Now in Computer management, Disk Management, you would mount F:\ to E:\Public\Software and when people go to the "Public" share and access software, they are really accessing another drive.
But if I'm reading this correctly, E:\Public is now identical to F:\public, right? So just answer yes to the the stop sharing/resharing question. You'll stop sharing F: and start sharing E: which is identical. You're clients won't know the difference.