2 DNS names for same server during transition

Rich

ok, i have serverA in my old domain, which houses home directories, and some
other files shares. I wanted to create an additional DNS record for this
server, with a new name that the server will soon be changing to, so i can
start to change everyone's home directories to point to the new server name
now instead of in a flurry after i actually change the server. so i have DNS
entries in different domains for serverA.olddomain.com and
fileserver.newdomain.com. i can still connect to
\\serverA.olddomain.com\fileshare, but when i go to connect to
\\fileserver.newdomain.com\fileshare, i get a message saying "you are not
connected because a duplicate name exists on the network". I can ping
fileserver.newdomain.com fine, how can i get it so people can connect to
either DNS name?

Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]

Read inline please.

In news:,
Rich <> wrote:
> ok, i have serverA in my old domain, which houses home directories,
> and some other files shares. I wanted to create an additional DNS
> record for this server, with a new name that the server will soon be
> changing to, so i can start to change everyone's home directories to
> point to the new server name now instead of in a flurry after i
> actually change the server. so i have DNS entries in different
> domains for serverA.olddomain.com and fileserver.newdomain.com. i
> can still connect to \\serverA.olddomain.com\fileshare, but when i go
> to connect to \\fileserver.newdomain.com\fileshare, i get a message
> saying "you are not connected because a duplicate name exists on the
> network". I can ping fileserver.newdomain.com fine, how can i get it
> so people can connect to either DNS name?

Here's the fix:
281308 - Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a
Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name:


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Rich

That worked perfectly. Thanks Kevin!

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:

> Read inline please.
>
> In news:,
> Rich <> wrote:
> > ok, i have serverA in my old domain, which houses home directories,
> > and some other files shares. I wanted to create an additional DNS
> > record for this server, with a new name that the server will soon be
> > changing to, so i can start to change everyone's home directories to
> > point to the new server name now instead of in a flurry after i
> > actually change the server. so i have DNS entries in different
> > domains for serverA.olddomain.com and fileserver.newdomain.com. i
> > can still connect to \\serverA.olddomain.com\fileshare, but when i go
> > to connect to \\fileserver.newdomain.com\fileshare, i get a message
> > saying "you are not connected because a duplicate name exists on the
> > network". I can ping fileserver.newdomain.com fine, how can i get it
> > so people can connect to either DNS name?
>
> Here's the fix:
> 281308 - Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a
> Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name:
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
> Hope This Helps
>
> ===================================
> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group"
> via your newsreader so that others may learn and
> benefit from your issue, to respond directly to
> me remove the nospam. from my email address.
> ===================================
>
>
>
> ===================================
> Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix:
> It will strip signature out and more
>
> ===================================
> Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders
> with OEBackup:
>
> ===================================
>
>
>