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cvillegas83
9 years ago

Change agents ip/hostname

Hi I have a running backup exec 2012 with a few servers (agents) added and some backup jobs. I have changed the ip address of one of my agents so I want to update the agent's address on BE, but I ...
2012
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    9 years ago

    if the agent is publishing to the backup exec server and if DNS is resolving to the new IP address then it should be handled for you. (as long as the server was originally added into Backup Exec by hostname or FQDN)

     

    If you originally added the server in by IP address and not hostname or FQDN however you will have to retire the old server object and create a new object (and new jobs) as there is no way to change the actual name of the object (and the IP address is the name if added that way.)

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Colin_Weaver
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9 years ago

if the agent is publishing to the backup exec server and if DNS is resolving to the new IP address then it should be handled for you. (as long as the server was originally added into Backup Exec by hostname or FQDN)

 

If you originally added the server in by IP address and not hostname or FQDN however you will have to retire the old server object and create a new object (and new jobs) as there is no way to change the actual name of the object (and the IP address is the name if added that way.)