Migrating windows share between servers

In a scenario of upgrading windows server or re-installing servers the easiest way to preserve the windows shares is:

  1. Export the reg-key : right click on “shares”  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares] and then export to a file.

  1. Edit the file : You can then edit the file and delete unwanted shares and security keys.
  2. Copy the files from the old server to the new one  to the same drive : Its is important to keep the drivers same as they were on the old server. (C:\ , D:\ …) You must copy the file and preserve the ntfs security, better to copy with Total Commander or other way with the option to keep the security (SID)
  3. Replace the name of the old server with the new one so the login script will re-map the share folders as before
  4. Done with a smile 🙂

 

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