Hello
Have you tried to remove the service and then reinstall it? The service
stores the nodename to use in the Registry.
Regards
Niklas
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Lundstedt [mailto:Todd_Lundstedt AT VIA-CHRISTI DOT ORG]
Sent: den 6 mars 2003 01:00
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Renaming a W2K node
AIX 4.3.3 running TSM Server 4.2.1.7.
I have a few client nodes that are W2K servers. Oddly, they are named after
our NT servers (NT-ServerA, NT-ServerB, etc..). The dsm.opt file contains
the NT machine name as the NodeName. I would like to change the NodeName to
W2K-ServerA, but not rename the machine name. ... I stopped the scheduler
service on the client node. ... I modified the name in dsm.opt, and saved
the file ... I renamed the node on the TSM Server ("rename node nt-servera
w2k-servera", or whatever the command is... I actually used the web admin
GUI to do it). ... I entered "dsmc query session" at the command line of the
client node. ... ... it indicated it was node W2K-ServerA, requested the
user ID, and password.. I entered (defaulted) the ID, and keyed in the
password for that node. The information was returned as expected. ... I
entered "dsmc query session" at the command line of the client node, again.
... ... The information was returned as expected, without ID and password
being required (by the way, the opt file does have passwordaccess generate),
still indicating it was the new nodename, W2K-ServerA. ... I started the
service up... it started and quietly failed (no GUI messages on the screen).
I checked the dsmsched.log file, and it appeared that it attempted to
connect using NT-ServerA instead of W2K-ServerA.
Baffled.. so
... I checked to properties on the service.. I didn't see anything that
indicated NT-ServerA. ... I started the Backup/Archive GUI (vers 5.1.x) and
checked the preferences there. Everything was as I would have expected it
to be based on the values in the dsm.opt file, including the node name being
W2K-ServerA
After much searching of documentation and scratching of head, I punted and
changed everything (dsm.opt, nodename on TSM server, etc.) back to
NT-ServerA and the service started up and stayed up.
What am I missing to change the node name? Something is still using the old
node name when it attempts to contact the TSM server, and of course, that
nodename no longer exists on the TSM server. I did do some looking around
in that quickFaQ that Richard links to all the time... didn't find anything
in there that jumped out at me. Same with the last 3 months of ADSM.org
archives, and IBM's horridly slow and completely non-user-friendly support
pages.
I am lost...
Thanks in advance
Todd
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