Hello,
We've had to do this on a couple of clients where the name of the server has 
changed, but the data hasn't and the old data still needs to be accessible.

Kinda messy, but....
- Make note of the clientid of the old client (you'll need this later)
- Delete the old client
- make sure dns is up to date with the new client name/ip info (forward and 
reverse)
- Create the new client and put the clientid of the old client in the 
"clientid" field
- Networker will pop up a message showing "renaming 72HHQH1 to FKWMXQ1" click 
ok (or something like that)

HTH..

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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Bowersock, Bryan
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 12:44 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] How To Change Networker Client Name When Hostname Changes

What is the proper procedure to change the name of a Networker client when the 
hostname and the actual hardware are changed, but the IP address remains the 
same?  I also had to do a fresh install of the Networker agent (obviously since 
new hardware) but it is a more recent version.  How do I make sure that I can 
still see previous backups from the old client when referencing the new client 
name - if that is possible - as well as switch the names to reflect the new 
hostname of the server?

NW Server:  7.6.2.7 (Windows 2008 R2 x64)

Old Client

-          Version:  7.6 build 142

-          Hostname:  72HHQH1

New Client

-          Version:  7.6.2.7 build 697 (x86)

-          Hostname:  FKWMXQ1

When I ran a new backup from the command line using "savegrp -c FKWMXQ1 
<savegroupname>" it showed up as the old hostname 72HHQH1in the NMC and 
additionally updated the NSR client resource for the old hostname to show 
version 7.6.2.7 build 697 instead of updating the new client resource which 
does not reflect its version in the NMC.  Additionally, before running the 
savegrp command above, I inventoried the new client successfully using its new 
hostname of FKWMXQ1.

And no, I definitely didn't pick these hostnames...got to love the vendors 
naming schemes.  :D

Thanks in advance for any help.


Bryan


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