Shared Printers - Using a DNS record instead of server name for failover

I have a Server 2012 Print Server. I plan on creating a second one for failover purposes. I will be installing the shared printers on client PCs using Group policy preferences. Instead of using
\\servername\printer as the path, can I create a DNS record for the server name and use
\\dnsname\printer? That way, if the first server dies, I just edit the dns record to point to the second server instead of renaming the second server and changing the IP of the second server.

Hi,
Based on your description, we can try creating a DNS alias for our printer server and use the alias instead of the host name in the UNC path. When this server goes down, we
can make the alias pointing to another printer server.
Regarding how to create an alias for a DNS host name, the following article can be referred to for more information.
Add an Alias (CNAME) Resource Record to a Zone
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772053.aspx
Hope it helps.
Best regards,
Frank Shen

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