KillJoy Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I am in need of redirecting some User's My Documents to their Server (2003). Many have music in their My Music Folders. This is fine. However, I do not want to store the My Music on the Server, I want them to stay on the PC. Other than creating a custom ADM that changes the location of the My Music Folder, and then applying it through a GPO, are there other options? KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Tell them to use an external hard drive and get this shit off the work computers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Steve, why *wouldn't* you want to use GP? Tell them to use an external hard drive and get this shit off the work computers? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 ...and hell, other than disk space, why not store the music there too? How much space we talking here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 You let them store mp3s next thing it will be porno. And not the good porno I am talking about donkey show porno. The stuff that is so disgusting you want to look away but for some reason you just can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 The whole Server is backed up and stored offsite. They pay a fee based on the amount being stored. And I would like to use a GP... I just didn't know if there would be a simpler way.... I hate making ADM Templates... KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 You let them store mp3s next thing it will be porno. And not the good porno I am talking about donkey show porno. The stuff that is so disgusting you want to look away but for some reason you just can't. You work in a seriously fucked up enviroment. KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Oh yeah... there are about 150 Users. I checked 3 User's My Music Folders... the average was almost 1GB per..... That is a lot of wasted storage and a LONG sync time as well... KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 PS - 3/4 of the Users are going over a VPN to the Server KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 You work in a seriously fucked up enviroment. KillJoy Took you that long to figure it out huh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Lot to digest there... 1) IMO GPO's are the most administratively friendly way to do this because you'll do the work once and not have to worry much about future changes, and new users will just inherit = no setup. 2) If they pay for storage, what's not to love abut storing MP3's? 3) If you're doing backup over VPN, I assume you're doing a traditional model of fulls and incrementals? Looked into upgrading to a dedupe solution? Sounds like it would be worth the investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 WE are not the ones housing the Backup They are a not-for-profit, and do not have $$$ to BURN. I was just making sure that someone here didn't have a Script alread set up for this, since I know there are several IT guys here.... KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Non-profit is a different story. It sounds like these dudes are accessing server stuff over a VPN? Since they're non-po's have you considered getting them a donated server/MS license for this site and doing things locally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Non-profit is a different story. It sounds like these dudes are accessing server stuff over a VPN? Since they're non-po's have you considered getting them a donated server/MS license for this site and doing things locally? You mean a Server for EACH site? That would require Off-Site Backup of 4 Servers instead of just one. And that STILL brings up the My Music Folder. My Pictures can be excluded via the Standard GPO, but My Music didn't come out until AFTER the Standard GPO was created, and Microsoft has yet relase anything "Official" to correct this. KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 2003 Server R2 can do My Music IIRC, but if you R2 might as well just 2008 heh. Interesting setup there. I'd prolly attack with a combination of GPO and scripting. Don't think you'll get around the scripting part, but I would think a possible way to accomplish would be to relocate the My Music directory somewhere else (drive root maybe?) and shortcut or hard link to it from My Docs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Is 2003 Server R2 free, or a pay application? KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Is 2003 Server R2 free, or a pay application? KillJoy Pay, baby, pay. M$ considers R2 a separate OS from 2003 and requires it's own upgrade license. Charity pricing is low, of course, donation is even better. But you'll have to walk through the upgrade on la'server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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