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Remapping or hiding Windows 2000/2003 application server drives
| Problem |
You want to let users access their client drives using the same
drive letters they use on their client device, for example drive A for
the first floppy drive. However, even with the Sun Secure Global Desktop Enhancement Module for Windows
installed, these drive letters are in use for application server
drives.
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| Solution |
On the Windows 2000/2003 application server, use the Computer Management
tools to disable drives A and B, to disable or remap any CD or DVD
drives, and to remap hard drives (except the application server boot
volume, which can't be remapped).
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Case study
Indigo Insurance uses a Windows 2000 application server
verona.indigo-insurance.com, on which client drive mapping services
are already enabled. Users habitually choose drive A to try to access
their floppy drive, but this refers to drive A on the application
server, not the client device. You want to make sure that drive A
accesses the client drive.
The application server verona currently has the following drives:
| Drive Letter |
Description
|
| A: |
Floppy drive
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| C: |
Fixed drive (boot volume)
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| D: |
Fixed drive
|
| E: |
CD drive |
Solution
- Log in to verona.indigo-insurance.com as a user with administrative
privileges. To avoid disruption, you should make sure that nobody is
currently using this server as an application server (to check, look
at the Sessions tab in Object Manager for the host object
representing this application server).
- In Control Panel, open Administrative Tools and then click
Computer Management.
- In the tree, open Storage and then click Disk Management. Using
this tool you can change the drive letters used to access some drives.
- In the Volume List (usually shown at the top of the panel on the
right), right-click drive D and choose Change Drive Letter And Path.
Click the drive letter, and then click Edit. In the Assign A Drive
Letter list, choose the drive letter you want to use to access this
drive, for example X. Click OK, and then click Close.
- In the same way, change the drive letter of the CD drive from E to
Y, for example. You can't change the drive letter of the boot volume,
in this example drive C.
- The Disk Management tool doesn't let you change the drive letters
to use for floppy drives. To allow use of drive letters A and B to
access client drives, you must disable the floppy drives on the
application server. On the left side of the Computer Management
window, open System Tools and then click Device Manager. Then on the
right, open Floppy Disk Drives. Right-click the drive shown, and
choose Disable. (Note that if you prefer, you can disable access to a
CD or DVD drive rather than change the drive letter used. However,
this means you won't be able to install software from that drive
unless you temporarily enable it again.)
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