WINS alias?

Hello:

I'm trying to set up something like an alias in WINS. I have an Exchange
server with a really long name and want to use "e-mail" as the alias
computer name. I've put an alias CNAME record in DNS and it works fine for
DNS resolution when using OWA (http://e-mail/exchange). I also would like
this alias to work for file sharing, i.e. \\e-mail\someshare, so I tried to
put a manual WINS entry for "E-MAIL" as the computer name and the IP address
of the Exchange server. The entry is of type Unique, which creates entries
for 00h WorkStation, 03h Messenger, and 20h File Server.

Before adding the WINS entry, doing \\e-mail would result in a "The network
path was not found" error, but after putting the static WINS entry in, I now
get
this error: "You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the
network. Go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try
again."

The computer I'm on seems to be able to resolve the name via WINS, but I
guess becuase there is another entry with the same IP address it returns
that error. If I look at the NetBIOS cache I see an entry for E-MAIL with
the correct IP address.

C:\>nbtstat -c

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.2.4.30] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Remote Cache Name Table

Name Type Host Address Life [sec]
------------------------------------------------------------
E-MAIL <20> UNIQUE 10.2.5.2 575

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to accomplish what I'm trying to do?

DNS/WINS server: Windows Server 2003 Standard
Exchange: Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise SP1
Client: XP Pro SP2

Thank you.

--
Sincerely,
Martin
MCSA: M

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

Cool, that's exactly what I needed. I've summed it up below in case anyone
else is interested. BTW - I didn't need to add the WINS entries for the
alias - just the DNS CNAME is good enough. Thank you.

Pertains to Windows 200x:

If you migrate a file share to another server, or just simply want to access
shared files on a server using an alias, you need to add the following to
the registry of the file server:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameters
> Add Value > Value name: DisableStrictNameChecking > Data type: REG_DWORD >
Radix: Decimal > Value: 1 then reboot.



You also need to add a DNS CNAME for the alias and point it to the FQDN of
the file server. For example, OldServer gets all its file shares migrated
over to NewServer. After you decommission OldServer, add a CNAME for
OldServer and point it to the FQDN of NewServer and then make the registry
changes above on NewServer. Now when users go to \\OldServer\SomeShare they
will actually connect to NewServer.



Obviously, you must have the same share names and file/share security from
OldServer set up on NewServer. Note: Adding a CNAME record works fine if you
are using FTP, HTTP or other standard TCP/IP applications to access the
alias name OldServer. Making the registry entry is only necessary if you
plan to access file shares, i.e. \\OldServer\SomeShare. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=281308 for additional info.



"Jetro" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=281308
> Connecting to SMB Share on a Windows 2000-Based Server May Not Work with
> an
> Alias Name
>
>

You're welcome.