Re: [Networker] Problems renaming NW 7.4.2 server in Windows

In regard to: Re: [Networker] Problems renaming NW 7.4.2 server in Windows,...:

EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on
08/08/2008 04:22:17 PM:

Right now, it's not - it says it is creating "~client1", but I don't

see

that client as a restore source at all.


I had that happen once several years ago when I recreated a client

without

giving it the same client id as before.  It took quite a while, but
support was able to help me get to the point where I could recover.

If you run an mminfo report after you've done the scanner, like this:

    mminfo -av -r 'client,clientid' | sort -u

(or whatever you would use to sort and remove duplicates on Windows),
are there any clients OR clientids that show up in the list that would
give you a clue what the old client ID was?


It (sorta) does, yes!

~admndev007-1 7d246f01-00000004-45ba556e-45be1728-001d0000-0a4007c8
~admndev008-1 8df3178d-00000004-46028bdc-4603ec9b-02140000-0a4007c8
~admnlts003-1 2f1573b4-00000004-45ba5566-45be0fb3-00150000-0a4007c8
~pssql1-1  db0b337e-00000004-45ba5572-45be20d4-00210000-0a4007c8


I figured it might.

After doing the "scanner -i", that's what the mminfo reports, altho I
can't see those clients in the client list.


I seem to recall having the same issue when I ran into the problem years
ago.  This was like 9 or 10 years ago though and back in the NetWorker
5.x series though, so I'm sure I've forgotten most of the details.

Should I presume that those are my old client IDs?


Yup.

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.

*OR* can I just
enter that client ID, directly into the existing "admnlts003" client,
overwriting it's current client ID?


I don't think that's going to do what you want.  I would be very hesitant
to do that.

Tim
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