02-28-2014 11:36 AM
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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02-28-2014 12:12 PM
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"
02-28-2014 12:12 PM
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"
02-28-2014 12:21 PM
Unix:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO33314
Windows:
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/change-client-hostname
02-28-2014 12:54 PM
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
02-28-2014 01:06 PM
This was the easiest solution as I did not want to run bpdown. Thanks!
02-28-2014 01:22 PM
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)