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Seth_E's avatar
Seth_E
Level 6
11 years ago

Rename Client

Hi there,

We have a client that was recently added to netbackup and has been backed up with no problem for 2 weeks so far. I've been asked to change the clients hostname in windows, however, how do I go about doing this in netbackup?

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  • SymTerry's avatar
    SymTerry
    11 years ago

    You should just be able to change the client to the new hostname and modify your policies to reflect this change.

    Issue will be for restores. You will want to make sure you do a alternate location restore to the new name. If you have been doing system state backups though, this will not be possibler as the client has "changed"

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  • SymTerry's avatar
    SymTerry
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    You should just be able to change the client to the new hostname and modify your policies to reflect this change.

    Issue will be for restores. You will want to make sure you do a alternate location restore to the new name. If you have been doing system state backups though, this will not be possibler as the client has "changed"

  • Nathan_Kippen's avatar
    Nathan_Kippen
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Unix:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO33314

     

    Windows:

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/change-client-hostname

     

  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Realy easy  - i am assuming from your signature you are using windows:

    HKLM\Software\Veritas\NetBackup\CurrentVersion\Config

    Edit the Browser and ClientName keys

    Then do a bpdown - then re-start Symantec Private Branch Exchange Service - then bpup - all done, just remember to change it in the policy too

  • Seth_E's avatar
    Seth_E
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    This was the easiest solution as I did not want to run bpdown. Thanks!

  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    OK - but you may find private branch exchange binds to the old name and can cause issues until it has been re-started (which would also re-start the client service anyway)