webserver name change

Scenario: Webserver1 was existing server, I renamed the server to WebSRV.

Clients have bookmarked http://webserver1/site , I want them to stop using
webserver1 for links and start using WebSRV for links. I would like to put
up a site for the old name that shows a page with the new name.

EX: http://webserver1/site would now show---"site has moved please update
bookmarks" Then would redirect them to the same site but with the new name.
I think I can get the results using host headers but am unfamiliar with how
they work.

any pointers?

aaron

Aaron,
You're on the right path- one way to do it is through Host headers. You
would have to create a new site and assign it the host header
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://webserver1" target="_blank">http://webserver1</a> whose default page can display the message you want and
if you like you can include a redirect to the new site in that page. Here
are a few articles on Host headers and how they work:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;190008" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;190008</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;228760" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;228760</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308163" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308163</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315982" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315982</a>

Hope this helps!

Thanks,
Yogita Manghnani
Microsoft Developer Support
Internet Information Server

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