Use AD with InDesign Server

Hi,
we use adobe bridge CS5 with adobe drive 2.1 and version cue CS4 - everything works fine!
now we try to connect our InDesign Server CS4 and CS5 with VC CS4 through AD 2.1, means
our IDS should generate pagepics or pdfs from InDesign documents.
Everything works fine while the IDS and ID use a normal UNC path for a picture link.
but now, if the picture is placed in indesign and it is linked to version cue (through drive)
the ids could "see" the link, but can't use it to generate the pagepic or the pdf.
the server does not sent a reasonable error or warning, it just generates the pagepics by using the picture
thumbnail. for example: if we placed an illustrator .ai file in the Indesign document the
server will only show a grey area in the pagepic instead of the right .ai file.
if the server tries to generate the pdf, it stops with error announcement: "error while generating the pdf file"
the IDS works on a windows 2008 R2 server. VC CS4 is also hosted on the same server.
we tried to solve the problem by hosting version cue on a mac or an other windows machine,
but the problem is still the same. we know that IDS is not listed in the system requirement list
of Adobe Drive but maybe there could be a solution to use it anyway?!
thx for all helpful answers!
greetings
stineson

Stineson-
Hi I was wondering if you ever overcame this the issue with bad IDS link to an Adobe Drive volume. I'm trying to do the samething for a different purpose. When I place a piece of art on an InDesign page from Adobe Drive the HFS path looks normal.
When I see IDS process the same file, with the same availability to the art. I get the following logging in IDS:
03/31/15 17:13:25 ERROR [link manager] Link missing.; adobevc:/Volumes/OTMM/Public%20Folders/MEI%20TEST/P48_002.jpg?NjQxMjlhMGYtOTMyMS00Yjg2LTg5YWItYTZkYjVkNTlhZjdiAAAvUHVibGljIEZvbGRlcnMvTUVJIFRFU1QvUDQ4XzAwMi5qcGcqYzZhNmJhZGI1YThjYzhiNDYyOWM1ZjY3YWJmNGQyOWIwZjVmZjMyYQAvUHVibGljIEZvbGRlcnMqQVJURVNJQS5QVUJMSUMuVFJFRU4AL1B1YmxpYyBGb2xkZXJzL01FSSBURVNUL1A0OF8wMDIuanBn
Any help would be appreciated!

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