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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...
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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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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