DNS and CName records to re-map shares

[Fran]

We have a growing network at one of my clients. I want to use aliases
to redirect network shares for data access as we will be moving
systems and upgrading and adding member servers.

My thinking is to create a CName record that points to a server:

Host (A) record: Server1 10.10.10.5

On Server1 I have a share : UserData1
so \\Server1\UserData1 works

Now I want to create a CName for Server1
MasterData
This will currently point to Server1's A record

When I move the data off of Server1 all I want to do is change where
the CName record is pointing to.

Question is: How can I do this and will it work OK?

-Fran-
(alternate suggestions are welcomed. The caveat here is that this
could be accessed across domains.)

 

[Kurt]

How can I do this

just as you said. map to \\masterdata\share where the CName masterdata
points to server01.domain. When you want to move the share, delete the
masterdata CName record and create a new record pointing to the new server.
The only problem I can see here is you might need to flush the local DNS
cache on clients.

....kurt