EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
08/08/2008 05:42:36 PM:

> In regard to: Re: [Networker] Problems renaming NW 7.4.2 server in 
> Windows,...:
> 
> >>> If so, do I need to
> >>> delete "admnlts003", and remake it, using that client ID?
> >>
> >> Yup.  Or, create it with a different name.  If NetWorker can resolve
> >> the name, it should be fine creating the client as something like
> >>
> >>     admnlts003-old
> >>
> >> That way, you can have both the old data and the data you've backed
> >> up since converting to the new server.

Here's what Tech Support, in their infinitesimal .. errr ... infinite .. 
.wisdom, finally came back and told me ...

Here is what you need to do.  Unfortunately, you need to scan the tape 
twice.  The first time will create the ~client_id entry in the media 
database with the old clientid.  After that, you need to create the client 
with NMC using the format of ~client_name-1.  NW should associate 
~client_name-1 with the old clientid automatically.  Once this done follow 
normal directed restore procedures. 
 
This some verbiage that?s from engineering:
 
what scanner will do in this situation - If a client of the same name 
already exists then it will automatically create client names of the form 
~client_name-1 in the media database and associate them with the old 
client IDs. Therefore the customer must create a new client of this name. 
It will automatically be created with the old client ID. Then the user 
must run 'scanner -i' again to get the correct index information for that 
client. Once this is done the user can get the data from the tape via a 
directed recover.

Mind you, this is after *2* other Tech Support people told me I needed to 
rename my server back to the old name; do an mmrecov, else I wouldn't be 
able to see the clients as a restorable source ...

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