> 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?

There used to be a technote on the steps for changing the name of the
master server on the site for a long time.  I think you need support to
access it now.

You'll want to follow that procedure if you change the actual 'hostname'
on the server.

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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