NETBIOS/DNS Alias - Redirection needed...

I'm getting ready to rebuild an NT4 server named "A" to a W2K server named "B". Many of my users have drive mappings to shares on "A" which will be broken after the rebuild. I would like to know if there is some effective way to alias the old server name "A" to the new server "B". Users need to be able to open "\\A\sharename" after the rebuild.

FYI - I have attempted the registry edit:

HKEY_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameterson\OptionalNames

on a W2K test server combined with a DNS alias pointing "A" to "B", but without success. All clients are XP and the W2K servers are AD integrated. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Do not use "OptionalNames" it is not supported and in your case will not
work. Instead you should follow the steps in this article:

281308 Connecting to SMB Share on a Windows 2000-Based Server May Not Work
with
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=281308

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Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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"John USGS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm getting ready to rebuild an NT4 server named "A" to a W2K server named
"B". Many of my users have drive mappings to shares on "A" which will be
broken after the rebuild. I would like to know if there is some effective
way to alias the old server name "A" to the new server "B". Users need to
be able to open "\\A\sharename" after the rebuild.
>
> FYI - I have attempted the registry edit:
>
>
HKEY_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameters
on\OptionalNames
>
> on a W2K test server combined with a DNS alias pointing "A" to "B", but
without success. All clients are XP and the W2K servers are AD integrated.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>