Enabling Content Deployment to Publish Contents from and to NAS or a Network Drive

• Microsoft Site Server version 3.0

SUMMARY

There has been a number of requests for Site Server 3.0 Content Deployment to support publishing from and to Network Storage such as the centralized Network Attached Storage(NAS), or just a simple Network Drive, as mass storage in large deployments. This article shows how to enable Content Deployment to publish from and to these devices.

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WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).


By default, Site Server 3.0 Content Deployment is disabled to use NAS or a Network Drive.
To enable its deployment using Network storage, do the following:

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).



2. Locate the following key in the registry:




<B>HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CRS</B> 

3. On the Edit menu, Click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:




 Value Name: AllowSameBoxNet
 Data Type: REG_SZ
 Value: YES
 

4. Quit Registry Editor.



5. Restart the Content Deployment service.

Additional query words: CRS NAS Remote Network

Keywords :
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto