Add FQDN to servers

[keane_77]

If I want to add the fully qualified domain name to all of my clients that are already being backed up, is that possible?

Would I need to make the change in the bp.conf on each server or is it possible to do it via the GUI?

[jazzyoda]

Yes, you should be able to do this without a problem.  Remember the client_name in the bp.conf on each client is used in the Netbackup Catalog; if you change the client_name you will have to remember to put the old shortname in the BAR gui when trying to restore data for backup prior to the client_name change.  Have a look at the Netbackup troubleshooting GUI there is a good section on Networking that is going to help you here.  Remember to validate name lookups for the clients/servers using the bpclntcmd command as well.

[Omar_Villa]

you can do this with a little script like this one:

for CLIENT in `cat clients_list`

{

   echo CLIENT_NAME = $CLIENT.<FQDN> > FILE_WITH_UPDATES

   bpsetconfig -h $CLIENT FILE_WITH_UPDATES

}

so you only need to create the file with the client list. 

hope this helps regards.

Message Edited by Omar Villa on 09-17-2008 09:38 AM