Yes, and also ...
-add FQDN for admin hosts in administrator list
-add FQDN in each client alias field
-maybe servers file (and restart nsrexecd)
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-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:59 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] DNS suffix on backup server
On Nov 16, 2006, at 6:31 AM - 11/16/06, Kobus Strydom wrote:
> I took over a Networker backup environment about three years ago. My
> backup server is named with no DNS suffix. My company now requires
> this
> to be changed for security purposes, but as soon as I enable DNS
> suffix,
> everything just breaks, nothing works. Clients can't connect at all.
>
> Is there a special way of doing this? We are also planning on changing
> domain name in the near future, how would I apply this to my backup
> environment without losing everything and starting from scratch?
You didn't say which OS you are using or which NetWorker version, but
you can probably get around your employer's silly requirement by
putting the desired host name in a hosts file on your server. You
might also have to change all of the NetWorker clients' hosts files too.
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