Persistent Symbolic Link to NAS share on 2012r2

[Scouse]

Got a question:

I have a CIFS NAS share at \\some.ad.server\Share

I have a 2012r2 server called Bob. It runs an app called App. This app runs under "AD\AppService"

App writes reports to the reports folder at C:\ProgFiles\App\Reports

I'd like to change the reports folder to actually be \\some.ad.server\sharename so App can write Reports but actually be writing to the Share


Question: How do I do that persistently without having a user logged on to the server?

 

[Zarjazz]

Got a question:

I have a CIFS NAS share at \\some.ad.server\Share

I have a 2012r2 server called Bob. It runs an app called App. This app runs under "AD\AppService"

App writes reports to the reports folder at C:\ProgFiles\App\Reports

I'd like to change the reports folder to actually be \\some.ad.server\sharename so App can write Reports but actually be writing to the Share


Question: How do I do that persistently without having a user logged on to the server?

mklink /D C:\ProgFiles\App\Reports \\some.ad.server\sharename

 

[Scouse]

mklink /D C:\ProgFiles\App\Reports \\some.ad.server\sharename

Yeah, but want it to run under specific creds, not under the local system account.

Is that persistent over reboots btw?

 

[Zarjazz]

Yeah, but want it to run under specific creds, not under the local system account.

Is that persistent over reboots btw?

It needs admin priv to create the link iirc and yes it's persistant.

 

[Scouse]

It needs admin priv to create the link iirc and yes it's persistant.

Yeah, it's just the how dya get it to run under that specific account now. I'll figure it

It's sorta where I was leaning. Cheers man

 

[MYstIC G]

Start -> Command Prompt -> Shift + Right Click -> Run as different user

 

[Scouse]

Start -> Command Prompt -> Shift + Right Click -> Run as different user

Aye. I'll have to give that service account admins on the box as only admins can create sym links.

 

[TdC]

this might sound silly but why not configure App's output directory to simply be on the share?

 

[old.Osy]

this might sound silly but why not configure App's output directory to simply be on the share?

I would hazard a guess that the App is coded poorly and doesn't support that.

 

[TdC]

aye, or it's a question for a case study or something. either way, aargh

 

[Scouse]

There's one output that does that but it looks like there's a second that doesn't support it.

It's not even my job - the 'app team' should kick it up to architecture for guidance, but they're more than useless so I'm trying to help out.

I've delivered their infrastructure as requested, as is my remit, but...

 

[Ormorof]

I had a lot of fun writing a C# app that could handle network shares, considering its a windows feature the .NET framework handles it quite poorly