Question : How to access a folder on an SERVER when the domain server is offline ?

 We have a Domain server (SERVER-A), which is our AD,DNS,Mail server....etc

We have another application server (SERVER-B), which everyone in our network access.

There is a shared folder on SERVER-B which everyone needs to have access to run the application.

So all the users in the network needs is access to  "\\SERVER-B\SHAREDFOLDER"

Now during some maintenance we might take the SERVER-A, offline.

During this time I wanted to still have the network users access the application server(SERVER-B), but be able to access the \\SERVER-B\SHAREDFOLDER

The network users cannot access the above shared folder when the domain server(SERVER-A) is down.


Is there anyway I can make this \\SERVER-B\SHAREDFOLDER available to all users even if the domain server (SERVER-A) is down ?

I do not want to create a secondary DNS on the SERVER-B.

The \\SERVER-B\SHAREDFOLDER can be offline folder as well, users have to just read the files
from this location to run the application.

Answer : How to access a folder on an SERVER when the domain server is offline ?

I would try disabling "Do not allow client printer redirection" and see if that makes a difference.