Hello,
We need to change the fileserver where folder redirection files are currently hosted, lets call it Server1. We have also enabled offline sync for all these files (desktop,docs,pics etc). So files are now redirected to \\server1\userfiles\%username%. When I look at the computer CSC folder it shows one namespace "server1"
Now I've followed the following guide https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/folder-redirection/enable-optimized-moving that says to enable "optimized" move of contents in offline caches. Well I did and then blocked my test user from accessing the fileshare so new files would stay in offline cache and not be synced to the server. I created some files to synced folders on the test computer. Then I robocopied the data to new fileserver "server2". Then changed the GP settings of folder redirection and offline files to reflect the new share. After that forced gpupdate on the computer, logged off and logged in.
All files that I created after blocking access to old share were gone. All files were online and the sync center started to download all the files to new offline cache. Now the CSC folder shows server1 and server2. It seems it is not renamed as said in the Microsoft guide. Is anyone else seeing this behavior and is there any alternative way to do this without risking data loss while doing the move? Also the "move contents to new location" setting wont work because there is like hundreds of gigabytes of data and login times would be hours.